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  • 91st missile crew reinvigorating nuclear enterprise

    The Gen. Thomas S. Power Award was granted to members of the 91st Operations Support Squadron for the 2008 award period for the best overall missile crew in the Air Force during the Air Force Association 2009 Air and Space Conference in Washington, D.C. Sept. 14 to 16. The crew was recognized for

  • General Klotz defines success, introduces command at AFA

    The commander of Air Force Global Strike Command stressed the importance of skilled and dedicated Airmen to the nuclear enterprise during a question-and-answer session following his address at the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exhibition Sept. 16. Praising Airmen who

  • Military service has meant giving back to country

    Two times in his career, Maj. Gen. James Kowalski was asked where he would like to be stationed, and both times he said Minot Air Force Base. The general says although his career took him elsewhere both times, he has always enjoyed visiting the base. During one of those visits recently, the vice

  • RE Flight develops improvements for the B-2

    The B-2 Sprit is hailed as the world's most technologically advanced bomber. With anything, however, there is always room for improvement. That's where the 509th Maintenance Operations Squadron Research Engineering Flight comes in. A four-man crew, the RE Flight's mission is to provide on-site,

  • Team Malmstrom earns high marks during Combat Capability Evaluation

    The members of the 341st Missile Wing were briefed Sept. 3 on the results of a 20th Air Force Combat Capability Evaluation that took place Aug. 24 through Sept. 2. The purpose of the CCE was to collect data to validate the wing's combat capability. Malmstrom received an overall rating of

  • Air Force officials strengthen nuclear deterrence operations

    New initiatives underway within the Air Force to consolidate commands, modernize systems and strengthen personnel emphasize nuclear security. "Nuclear deterrence underpins all of our freedom of movement everywhere," Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, the service's assistant chief of staff for strategic

  • 69th Bomb Squadron reactivates at Minot AFB

    The 69th Bomb Squadron was reactivated during an activation ceremony here Sept. 3. The new unit is the fourth operational B-52H Stratofortress squadron in the Air Force and joins the 23rd Bomb Squadron as the second squadron at Minot. Barksdale Air Force Base, La. has two operational B-52 units, the

  • CMSAF visits F.E. Warren

    The chief master sergeant of the Air Force saw Airman involved in reinvigorating the nuclear enterprise up close and personal during a visit here Aug. 27 to 28. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy visited Warren as his last stop on a tour of Air Force Space Command. The tour included stops

  • Malmstrom Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

    An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a joint test assembly launched from North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 23 at 9:01 a.m. The launch is an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The missile carried one unarmed

  • 341st Missile Wing wins back-to-back Omaha Trophy award

    Safely and securely deactivating the Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting-B weapon system, flawlessly inactivating the 564th Missile Squadron, and successfully leading the command's first follow-on test and evaluation task force in years, were the key ingredients to Team Malmstrom winning the U.S.