91SFG tests combat capabilities

Throughout the month of August, various units within the 91st Security Forces Group completed combat capability assurance training at the Camp Grafton Training Center in Devils Lake, North Dakota. This training event was held to implement CCAT strategies to ensure a force capable of tactically

TACP trains Malmstrom Airmen

Airmen from Malmstrom recently received training from a Tactical Air Control Party team.The training was initiated to enhance the working relationship between the 40th Helicopter Squadron and the 741st Missile Security Forces Squadron.“We developed the training to advance the missile security forces

Dyess B-1 first flight for Ample Strike

Malmstrom Tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg

A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle Sept. 5 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Vandenberg Air Force Base,

Dyess B-1s deploy to Europe for Ample Strike

Two B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Base, Texas, Air Force Global Strike Command, deployed to the U.S. European area of responsibility today to join the B-52 Stratofortress, which arrived Aug. 30 at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom.

From grease pens to computers: Intel Airman reflects on decades of service

When Ed Wempe entered the Air Force in 1970 as an Armed Forces Air Intelligence Training Center student, he didn’t envision retiring from service some 46 years later (to the exact day), let alone remaining in the same career field the entire time.  But a life with the Air Force seemed

52 helo squadron completes SERE training

Airmen from the 54th Helicopter Squadron complete survival, evasion, resistance and escape water egress training at the McAdoo Fitness Center at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 31, 2016. SERE specialists observe Airmen and are prepared to safely release them if they cannot escape the simulated

AF reaches first milestone in acquisition of new ICBM

The Air Force received approval on August 23 for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program to start the next phase of its acquisition effort.With this formal Defense Acquisition System “Milestone A” approval, the GBSD program enters the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase of its effort

AFNWC delivers updated reentry vehicle training simulators for maintainers

Air Force technicians maintaining nuclear reentry vehicle systems will soon have upgraded training simulators to help them succeed in their mission of strategic deterrence.Thanks to a joint effort between the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and Air Force Global Strike Command, technicians

5BW Airmen return from deployment

Approximately 300 Airmen return from a deployment at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 29, 2016. The Airmen, who were supporting the continuous bomber presence at Andersen AFB, Guam, were greeted by coworkers, friends and family. (U.S. Air Force Photos/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman/Airman 1st