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  • Team Minot validates deterrent capability

    The 741st Missile Squadron recently performed a successful simulated launch of six Minuteman III Missiles. Air Force Global Strike Command typically conducts Simulated Electronic Launch – Minuteman tests twice a year to evaluate the readiness of the deployed intercontinental ballistic missile force.

  • Operations on Korean Peninsula nothing new for B-1

    While the world was abuzz touting the recent landing of a B-1 bomber on the Korean Peninsula as the first such appearance by the highly versatile, long-range conventional bomber in that region in the last 20 years, those who fly the aircraft state that is not completely accurate.

  • Ellsworth B-1 team wins LeMay Award

    The desert sun is sleeping, and the cool, night sky is empty above Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Dec. 19, 2015. A B-1 bomber aircrew from the 37th Bomb Squadron from Ellsworth is carrying out their final preparations for a bombing operation. The mission: destroy oil fields that are supporting

  • 337th TES Airmen name B-21

    Dyess Airmen assigned to the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron, under the 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., were recognized for naming the Air Force’s new long-range strike bomber, the B-21 Raider. The aircraft has been named in honor of the Doolittle Raiders of World War II. The 337th TES

  • 791st MSFS members: train, protect

    Airmen from the 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron conduct training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 28, 2016. Response force members are trained to recapture and protect resources after being seized by opposing forces. The recapture and recovery training was designed to prepare missile

  • E-4Bs realign under Eighth Air Force, 595th CACG stands up

    The Eighth Air Force has another aircraft in its inventory, and it’s not a bomber. The E-4B, which serves as the National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) and is a key component of the National Military Command System for the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

  • NNSA and Air Force conduct two successful joint flight tests

    In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, NNSA conducted successful surveillance flight tests using joint test assemblies (JTA) of the B61-7 and B61-11 earlier this month. Analysis and flight recorder data from the tests indicate that both were successful.JTAs are mock weapons

  • 595th CACG activates at Offutt

    The 595th Command and Control Group will be activated under Air Force Global Strike Command in an Oct. 6 ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The realignment will focus the 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron, the 595th Strategic Communications Squadron, the 595th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron