Squadron moved to Columbus from Carswell Air Force Base, Texas in June 1959. Starting in 1960, one third of the squadron's aircraft were maintained on fifteen-minute alert, fully fueled and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike.  This was increased to half the squadron's aircraft in 1962. The squadron continued to maintain an alert commitment until it was inactivated, with the exception of the periods it deployed to the Pacific.

The 901st provided air refueling to Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses on a worldwide basis, and to other aircraft as required.
On 1 February 1963, the 454th Bombardment Wing assumed the aircraft, personnel and equipment of the discontinued 4228th wing. The 4228th was a Strategic Air Command (SAC) Major Command controlled (MAJCON) unit and could not carryRecord-setting Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends

That extreme activity also followed a four-year string of Septembers from 2013 to 2016 that Klotzbach called the "quietest" four Septembers since the period between 1911 and 1914.

It ranks as the most destructive and among the busiest on record.

After several quiet years, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season proved to be quite different.

Category 4 Harvey, the first major hurricane to hit the USA mainland since 2004, set a new US record for rainfall (60.5 inches near Nederland, Texas), the Miami Herald reported.

"Throughout this devastating hurricane season, NOAA provided vital forecasts and data that helped save many lives". Much of the island remains without power more than two months later. On Sept. 8, more ACE was generated than any other day in recorded history, dating to