 In the post-World War II Cold War era, Montana became host to U.S. Air Force Military Air Transport Service (1947) for airlift training in C-54 Skymasters and eventually, in 1953 Strategic Air Command air and missile forces were based at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls.The base also hosted the 29th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Air Defense Command from 1953 to 1968.In December 1959, Malmstrom AFB was selected as the home of the new Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile.