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  • F.E. Warren AFB tests Minuteman III missile from Vandenberg

    A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 2:42 a.m. Pacific Time May 1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.The

  • 2019 Air Force Photo Contest opens soon

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Shutterbugs of all ages and experience get ready! The 2019 Air Force Photo Contest opens May 1.The annual contest, managed by the Air Force Services Activity, highlights and celebrates photography created by Airmen and their families.This year’s event

  • 5th MXS CPI: Teamwork makes the dream work

    Last week, members of the 5th Maintenance Squadron began planning a way to decrease the time it takes to maintain a B-52H Stratofortress in between every 450 flight hours, known as a phase inspection, at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.Known as the continuous process improvement (CPI), the plan

  • The 320th Missile Squadron earns Phillips award, 5th time in 25 years

    Air Force Global Strike Command has named the 320th Missile Squadron the General Samuel C. Phillips overall best Missile Squadron for 2018.From 1959 to 1963, Phillips directed the Minuteman III ICBM program under Air Force Research and Development Command. Phillips has had a large impact within the

  • Air Force sports seeks male, female softball players

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force is looking for men and women for 2019 Air Force Softball Trial Camps. The men’s camp is at Eglin AFB, Florida, and the women’s is at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Both camps are July 25 – Aug. 11.Armed Forces Softball Championships are Aug. 12-18 at

  • AFGSC B-1Bs return to flight

    The first B-1B Lancers resumed flight operations this week following a safety stand-down issued March 28 by Gen. Timothy Ray, Air Force Global Strike Command commander.  Individual B-1B aircraft will return to flight as the inspections and maintenance directed during the stand-down are completed on

  • Meet Reagan: a military child

    With both dog and children toys scattered around, Megan and Reagan Melvin had a typical day of games and homework. At first, it was a bit awkward for seven-year-old Reagan. He wouldn’t say more than one word around me and he would hide his face any time I touched the camera. I knew he would need

  • 2019 BTF comes to an end

    More than 450 personnel and six B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned home following a short-term deployment to RAF Fairford, England, in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force in Europe, April 11, 2019. The BTF deployment enabled theater integration