Complex sentence: During the Cold War, the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command 381st Strategic Missile Wing, based at McConnell AFB Kansas maintained Titan II Intercontinental ballistic missiles on alert from 1 March 1962 until being deactivated on 8 August 1986.
Split into simpler sentences: During the Cold War, the United States Air Force, via the Strategic Air Command (SAC), established the 381st Strategic Missile Wing (381 SMW), based at McConnell AFB Kansas. The 381st maintained Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles on alert from 1 March 1962 until being deactivated on 8 August 1986.