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  • B-one team, B-one fight

    Five months after the reactivation of the Reserve 489th Bomb Group, they are working side-by-side with the Active Duty Airmen in the 7th Bomb Wing, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. During the Bomb Group’s February Unit Training Assembly, the maintenance crews from both units combined to complete an

  • Minot tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg

    A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, aboard the Airborne Launch Control System, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

  • CSAF celebrates Whiteman Total Force Excellence

    U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III visited here Feb. 16 - 18, to engage with civic leaders and meet the Airmen of the world's only B-2 stealth bomber base.While at Whiteman, Welsh met with leadership from the 509th Bomb Wing, the 131st Bomb Wing, the 442d Fighter Wing and other

  • Mighty Ninety demonstrates weapon system reliability

    The 90th Missile Wing performed a simulated Minuteman III launch Feb. 9.Air Force Global Strike Command conducts Simulated Electronic Launch-Minuteman tests twice annually to evaluate the readiness of Minuteman III ICBM forces. The command’s mission is to provide a safe, secure, effective and ready

  • Cold War technology savior for aging B-ONEs

    Ellsworth AFB maintainers will soon be making repairs in a new facility to help extend the life of aging B-1 bombers.The Soviet Union developed a process using 'cold gas-dynamic spray' during the Cold War to repair rotatory aircraft and helicopters. The lead engineer for the project brought the

  • B-2 aircraft demonstrates capabilities during Red Flag 16-1

    Airmen with the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels section fuel a B-2 Spirit between flights at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 2, 2016, during Red Flag (RF) 16-1 exercise. RF, held at Nellis AFB, Nev., is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space and cyber forces of the

  • General Rand visits Kirtland

    During a three-day visit to Kirtland Air Force Base, Air Force Global Strike Command Commander Gen. Robin Rand and AFGSC Command Chief Master Sgt. Calvin Williams toured the base and its facilities to learn more about the installation’s missions.  During a commander’s call, Rand thanked Kirtland

  • 606th ACS integrates into Red Flag 16-1

    When pilots fly over the massive Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas during  Red Flag exercises, they always have to be in contact with one another to make key decisions which will determine who will be the day's victors and losers.Teamwork is the key to success when air combat flying

  • Facility managers run the show

    Through small towns, past decades-old farms and on a web of gravel roads, Airmen traverse the Air Force’s missile complexes every day to maintain U.S. Strategic Command’s mission of nuclear deterrence, with each and every Airman acting as a cog in the larger nuclear deterrence enterprise.  Airmen