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  • Training key to missileer readiness

    Pulling 24-hour alerts across the 341st Missile Wing's 13,800-square mile missile complex is an around-the-clock responsibility for the missileers here who support the Air Force's nuclear deterrence and assurance mission at the wing's 15 launch control centers and missile alert facilities.If the

  • Force Improvement Program gives Airmen direct line to Air Force leaders

    Senior Air Force officials have put a plan into motion that will give Airmen an opportunity to make real, visible and enduring changes to their command.The Force Improvement Program has been created as an aggressive, action-oriented effort with the goal of making rapid and substantial change to the

  • Louisiana teen becomes Pilot for a Day

    Sam Guimaraes, 17-year old native from Alexandria, La., was given the chance to become an honorary member of Barksdale Air Force Base, La., through the Pilot for a Day program, Jan. 4. The goal of the Pilot for a Day program is to provide children who have serious or chronic medical conditions and

  • 2nd CES dirt boys pave way to mission success

    Before infrastructure can be built, it must have a strong foundation, the 2nd Civil Engineering Squadron pavements and equipment flight uses more than 17 Airmen and specialized equipment to build it.The 2nd CES dirt boys are responsible for building a base's foundation, which without it, there would

  • Air Force Medical Service 2013 annual award winners announced

    It is with great pride that the Surgeon General's Medical Force Development Directorate announces the winners of the Air Force Medical Service Annual Award competition. The competition included individual and team awards, based on criteria outlined in AFI 36-2856, Medical Service Awards. The winners

  • Secretary Hagel makes surprise calls to Malmstrom officers

    Flying back to Washington D.C. from the Munich Security Conference aboard an E-4B aircraft, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a series of surprise phone calls to six officers currently pulling alert in three of the 341st Missile Wing's launch control centers.In a series of candid conversations that

  • AF news team preps for '28-days in AFGSC'

    Two photojournalists and a broadcaster from the Air Force Public Affairs Agency here are gearing up for a 28-day trek to provide and inside and in depth look at the Air Force Global Strike mission and the Airmen who make it happen.AFPAA documentation team members Tech. Sgt. Steve Grever, Staff Sgt.

  • We remember: WWII POW receives honors

    Air Force Global Strike Command and 509th Bomb Wing leadership surprised retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Charles Sibert with a shadow box presentation at Whiteman Air Force Base, Jan. 24.A World War II veteran, Sibert was held as a prisoner of war in Germany and was missing in action for