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  • Minot Airmen aid community as waters rise again

    For the second time in a month, city officials have ordered citizens of Minot, including more than 950 Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and their families, to evacuate downtown homes here.According to Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman, water levels are expected to reach the highest volumes ever in

  • Global Strike Heritage: a father-daughter remembrance

    When then-Lt. Col. Patricia "Pat" Fornes received her command assignment to the 740th Missile Squadron, she knew she could handle the sub-zero weather of Minot Air Force Base, N.D., because in a way, she was coming home.Colonel (ret) Fornes was a junior in high school in 1969 when her father, Lt.

  • Global Strike Command pushes safety into high gear

    The vice commander of Air Force Global Strike Command geared up with nearly 50 others here recently for a motorcycle safety ride. Rumbling through a 40-mile out-and-back route, the ride took in some Barksdale area roads on a bright, sunny day, reminding Airmen to have a plan, wear the right gear for

  • Defense Science Board report made available to public

    Originally released and posted in April 2011, the Defense Science Board's unclassified report of its independent assessment on nuclear weapons surety concludes that the Air Force's efforts to reinvigorate the nuclear enterprise have been largely effective.In addition to acknowledging improvements,

  • Minot earns top energy conservation award

    Air Force Global Strike Command's Minot AFB was recently recognized for earning the Air Force's top energy and water conservation award here May 31. The 2011 Reducing Energy Appreciation Program award distinguished Minot for surpassing federally mandated energy and water conservation goals. This Air

  • Deployed Barksdale medic earns Purple Heart

    Airman 1st Class Bryenna Brooks of Barksdale Air Force Base, La., home of Air Force Global Strike Command, was recently awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in the deployed environment.Along with the Purple Heart, Brooks also received a Combat Medical Badge, an Air Force Combat Action

  • Global Strike tests nuclear readiness without skipping a beat

    Recently, Air Force Global Strike Command leaders presented a challenge to their units and installations: keep doing what you're doing but also maintain "Constant Vigilance." The challenge was to successfully complete the first-ever command-wide nuclear operational readiness exercise, called

  • Air Force funds future ICBM studies

    The first of several studies to determine the best options for maintaining or replacing the nation's 450 Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile weapon systems after 2030 is underway, Air Force officials said here recently."The Air Force is strongly committed to the ground-based leg of the

  • General Wilson steps up to lead 'The Mighty Eighth'

    Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Wilson assumed command of Air Force Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force at historic Hoban Hall here June 3.At the same ceremony, General Wilson also became commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike of U.S. Strategic Command, headquartered at