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B-52 aircrew members pose for a photo in honor of Women's History month. Female missiliers and aircrew honored women before them by serving as an all-female crew on alert and in the B-52. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman
1st Class Jessica Weissman)
History made in honor of Women's History Month
Ninety female missileers made U.S. Air Force history, March 22, 2016 as the first all-female missile alert crews to serve on alert at three intercontinental ballistic missile wings simultaneously.
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2nd Lt. Alexandra Rea, 490th Missile Squadron ICBM combat crew deputy director, left, and 1st Lt. Elizabeth Guidara, 12th Missile Squadron combat crew deputy director, perform training at the Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Building 500 Missile Procedures Trainer March, 21, 2016. In honor of Women’s History Month, 90 female missileers based out of Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming and Malmstrom AFB, Montana, will complete a 24-hour alert. In addition, B-52 aircrews from Minot and Barksdale AFB, Louisiana will participate by fielding all-female flight crews. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Collin Schmidt) 90 female missileers, B-52 aircrews make US Air Force history
For the first time since its inception, the U.S. Air Force will have the capability to break historic ground by fielding all women missile and aircrews to complete the mission of keeping America’s citizens safe and our nation’s enemies at bay.
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Default Air Force Logo USSTRATCOM commander visits Montana-based strategic deterrent force
Given the important and foundational national security capability that our nuclear deterrence forces provide, U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander, visited Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, Jan. 13 - 14, 2016.While here, Haney had breakfast with Airmen and leaders; toured the security forces, missile
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Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks Dec. 29, 2015, about New Year's Eve phone calls with airmen on watch at the nation's three intercontinental ballistic missile bases. During the phone calls, Selva recognized the airmen for their professionalism and highlighted the importance of their roles in maintaining the safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear triad. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Phones ICBM Crews on New Year’s Eve
Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva made it a point to call and thank missile crew commanders and deputies at their posts some 70 feet underground in the missile fields.
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