Firefighters perform A-10 egress training

In the right place at the right time

Airmen train daily to be warriors not only for global affairs, but local situations as well.When a tragic situation arises, Airmen are called upon to perform heroic deeds to ensure safety of citizens. Tragic situations are never scheduled, they just happen. For Senior Airman Cory Barrett, 509th

Team effort in nuclear WSEP

Minot Air Force Base recently conducted an end-to-end operational nuclear weapons system evaluation, demonstrating the strategic bomber force's ability to configure, load, fly and deliver a nuclear capable air launched cruise missile. The B-52H aircrews flew three simulated combat missions from

Minot Buffs test mission capabilities

B-52H Stratofortress crewmembers participate in a rapid launch exercise on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., March 27, 2015. The exercise tested the aircrew members ability to rapidly respond. The exercise required fluid team work and cooperation between aircrews, crew chiefs and a variety of other base

POLAR GROWL strengthens Allied interoperability, essential bomber navigation skills

Two B-52 Stratofortresses from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and a pair from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., completed today simultaneous, roundtrip sorties from their U.S. bases to the Arctic and North Sea regions,

Missile testing unit validates strategic deterrent

The 576th Flight Test Squadron, which conducts Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, holds the unique distinction as the sole intercontinental ballistic missile test unit in the Department of Defense.The 576th FLTS gathers valuable flight and equipment data from the ICBM

Barksdale B-52s launch in support of "Polar Growl" mission

582nd Helicopter Group activated, makes history

The first helicopter group in the Air Force officially activated during the Assumption of Command Ceremony of the 582nd Helicopter Group March 27, 2015, on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.Col. Dave Smith, 582nd HG commander, received the guidon from Maj. Gen. Jack Weinstein, Task Force 214 and

Global strike command tests ICBM, bomber capabilities

The roar of rocket engines rumbles to life in the early hours of the morning along the California coast. In an instant, a missile longer than a tractor trailer emerges in a blast of smoke and fire, accelerating toward the dark sky, on its journey to a target 700 nautical miles southwest of Guam in

Malmstrom AFB prepares for SELM

Maintaining the nuclear triad requires an enormous amount of manpower, technology, skill and determination. For Air Force Global Strike Command, the mission of sustaining the land-based leg of this nuclear defense hails as one of the most challenging and important undertakings, aside from providing