 It missiles are dispersed in hardened silos to protect against attack and connected to underground missile alert facilities through a system of hardened cables.The squadron was first organized as the 319th Bombardment Squadron at Key Field, Mississippi in April 1942 as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit and one of the original squadrons of the 90th Bombardment Group.The squadron trained with Liberators in the southeastern United States under III Bomber Command until August.