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  • Lethal competition: ICBM maintenance teams show discipline and readiness

    Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in a series covering the competition categories of Global Strike Challenge.Airmen representing the “best of the best” maintainers in the intercontinental ballistic missile force are getting hyped to find out which ICBM maintenance team will take the top award at

  • Fighting against bloody noggins

    Bam, ouch! A young Airman hits his head on a piece of equipment while performing missile maintenance. The Airmen of the 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron work hard daily to perform upkeep on missiles at different missile alert and launch facilities. It is a common occurrence for Airmen to hit and

  • Lethal competition: Security forces defenders push physical, mental limits

    Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series covering the competition categories of Global Strike Challenge.Security forces Defenders from across Air Force Global Strike Command competed during the summer to determine which teams were the “best of the best” during the command’s seventh Global Strike

  • All in a day's work

    Two defenders from the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron were awarded Air Force Commendation Awards at a ceremony Nov. 15, 2019, in the base theater on F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.Airmen 1st Class Cristopher Horton and Christian Reid, 790th MSFS Foxtrot Flight Night Alarm Response

  • Tanker partners broaden global strike capabilities

    When carrying out the nation’s top mission, there is no room for failure. The nation relies on the capabilities of its armed forces to ensure that freedoms endure. Strategic deterrence is the responsibility of Airmen from each of the Air Force’s major commands and Air Mobility Command’s role is to

  • Trickery and fun are part of competition

    When the Global Strike Challenge 2019 scores post Nov. 20 on the 80 foot by 15 foot blue metal scoreboard in Hoban Hall only one missile wing and one bomb wing will be named “Best of the Best.”Months of grueling competition will end in victory and cheers for a select few, while the rest return to

  • Bomber Task Force 20-1 Completes Mission in Europe

    On the evening of the Oct. 10, 2019, four B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from the 2nd Bomb Wing departed Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, enroute to a month-long deployment at RAF Fairford, England. While based at RAF Fairford, the bombers, air crew, maintainers and support personnel

  • Thought-leader course strives to develop, empower civilian workforce

    Thirty-eight civilian employees attended Air Force Global Strike Command’s Civilian Strategic Thought Leader Course, here, from Nov. 5-7. The course aims to produce advocates for the command to promote its mission, capabilities and Airmen. The curriculum exposes students to AFGSC history, heritage,