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  • CSAF signs munitions realignment program action directive

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz signed the Program Action Directive Nov. 20 that details the transfer of munitions squadrons responsible for nuclear mission support from Air Force Materiel Command to Air Force Global Strike Command. The realignment has formally begun and will complete

  • SMOKEX: Success

    Members of the 509th Weapons Squadron, from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., supported the 509th Bomb Wing during the SMOKEX Exercise Nov. 16. SMOKEX is a large force exercise ran by the Smokey Hill Air National Guard unit near Salina, Kan., in which several

  • Housing office addresses upcoming housing privatization

    The U.S. Air Force selected Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC to privatize military family housing for the Western Group Bases, to include Whiteman Air Force Base.In an effort to improve family housing options for this Air Force Global Strike Command community, the Air Force has reinvigorated the

  • 341st Operations Group brings hardware to Malmstrom

    Team Malmstrom Global Strike Challenge competitors didn't bring home the Blanchard Trophy, but what they did bring back was pride, lessons learned and three major awards.The 341st Missile Wing was awarded the Klotz Trophy for best ICBM operations; the 40th Helicopter Squadron was named the best

  • General Biscone talks strategic challenges at Global Strike Challenge

    Maj. Gen. Gregory Biscone, United States Strategic Command director of global operations, gave a USSTRATCOM perspective on strategic challenges during his keynote address at the Global Strike Challenge Technology and Innovation Symposium Nov. 8.The symposium was held at the Shreveport Convention

  • Mighty Ninety back-to-back Global Strike Challenge champions

    The 90th Missile Wing was awarded the Blanchard Trophy for best missile wing for the second year in a row during the 2011 Global Strike Challenge at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Wednesday.The trophy is named after Gen. William H. Blanchard, Strategic Air Command's director of operations in the

  • Global Strike Challenge ends with score-posting

    Air Force Global Strike Command's Global Strike Challenge competition culminated with traditional score posting and trophy presentations over two nights at Hoban Hall here, Nov. 8 and 9. Spotlights, thumping music, mascots and giant video screens greeted winning teams who cheered and rushed to the