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  • MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. -- A Malmstrom missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. The section was picked at random for a "glory trip," or a test launch, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in August. The launch allows Malmstrom and Vandenberg officials to observe a launch to gather data on the weapon system's performance, accuracy and reliability. To prepare for the test launch, the missile maintenance team removed the payload shroud, missile guidance set and propulsion system rocket engine. The booster is coming from Hill AFB, Utah. The ICBM parts from Malmstrom and the booster from Hill will be reassembled at Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman John Parie)

    AFGSC working toward seamless transition with mission transfer

    Air Force Global Strike Command will gain missile wings at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.; Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; and Minot AFB, N.D. when it assumes control of 20th Air Force and the ICBM mission Dec. 1. The 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., as well as the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.,
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    Rise of the Cyber Wingman: 10 principles Airmen must know

    Every day, malicious code, worms, botnets and hooks attack Air Force computers hardware, software and the Internet. They infiltrate classified information and compromise national security. In response, the Air Force is stepping up its mission to defend cyberspace.Cyberspace adversaries attack Department of Defense computer networks every day. They
  • MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, Global Strike Command commander, addresses the troops before he begins his tour of a B-52H Stratofortress here, Oct. 28. The general is here to meet members of Minot AFB and the local community. He is scheduled to be the featured speaker at the Minot Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and luncheon in Minot Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Ballard)

    Gen. Klotz delivers important message to Team Minot community

    The Air Force Global Strike Command commander visited Minot and the base Oct. 27 to 29 in a continued effort of reinvigorating the Air Force's nuclear enterprise. "We've been presented some tough challenges with restoring the professionalism, discipline, excellence, pride and esprit in the nuclear enterprise," said Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, AFGSC
  • Ms. Ann Mitchell, Director of Installations, Logistics and Mission Support Air Force Global Strike Command, Maj. Gen. Jim Kowalski, AFGSC vice commander, Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, AFGSC commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Jack Johnson, AFGSC, consider a presentation by Gen. (Ret.) Gregory "Speedy" Martin during the recent Air Force Global Strike Command senior leader off-site to develop a mission and vision statement for the new command. (US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Asselin)

    AFGSC leadership releases command's mission, vision

    Air Force Global Strike Command recently went "off site" for the better part of three days to focus on producing a command mission and vision as a guide to Global Strike Airmen about where the new command is heading. AFGSC leadership gathered near the National Military Park in Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 15-17, to zero-in on the organization's course,
  • MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Minot AFB senior leadership greets Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz as he arrives here, Oct. 27. The general is here to meet members of Minot AFB and the local community. He is scheduled to be the featured speaker at the Minot Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and luncheon in Minot Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Veloz)

    AFGSC commander arrives at MAFB

  • Whiteman Air Force Base gains two units

    As part of the Air Force's continuing effort to reinvigorate the nuclear enterprise, two new Air Force Materiel Command units formally joined Team Whiteman in a ceremony Sunday. The 498th Munitions Maintenance Group headquarters staff relocates from Kirtland AFB, N.M., while its new subordinate unit, the 19th Munitions Squadron, stands up. The 498
  • Senior Airman Ibbet Fair, 341st Operations Group knowledge operator, 2nd Lt. Nathan Reynolds, 490th Missile Squadron ICBM combat crew deputy commander, and Maj. Chris Danford, 341st Operations Group Standardization and Evaluation chief, update information in the planning section during an RTF exercise , Oct. 15, 2009, at Malmstrom Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Beau Wade)

    Malmstrom trains for response

    Malmstrom Airmen continued Response Task Force training here Oct. 15 and 16 to train for the initial response and recovery effort in the event of an accident involving nuclear material. The exercise began where the previous two-day, hands-on exercise left off Oct. 2. In the scenario, a vehicle carrying missile components was involved in an
  • A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile successfully launches at 1 a.m. Nov. 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The missile was configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly in which a single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 4,190 miles to their pre-determined targets near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)

    Airmen commemorate 50 years of nation's preeminent ICBM fleet

    Members from across the ICBM community arrived here Oct. 7 for a three-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ICBM. "We are proud to host such a historic event and welcome the many ICBM pioneers to join in on our discussions about the future of America's preeminent nuclear deterrence," said Col. Greg Tims, commander of the 90th Missile Wing
  • Air Force Global Strike Command's top officer provided an update on the command's progress toward full operational capability during a speech at the Capitol Hill Club Oct. 2, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Global Strike Command commander updates progress

    Air Force Global Strike Command's top officer provided an update on the command's progress toward full operational capability during a speech at the Capitol Hill Club here Oct. 2. Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, the AFGSC commander, outlined the progress in bringing online the first new major command in decades since its official stand up Aug. 7,

  • AFGSC, ACC hold bomb wing transition summit

    Command staff members from Air Combat Command and Air Force Global Strike Command along with representatives from Headquarters Air Force, U.S. Strategic Command, and the Headquarters Air Force A/10 directorate met Sep. 30 to work on solutions for the smooth transition of the Air Force's ACC's three bomb wings with nuclear missions to AFGSC. On
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