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  • New munitions maintenance group stands up at Minot AFB

    The 798th Munitions Maintenance Group stood up here during an assumption of command ceremony here Aug. 18. The new group will provide oversight of four maintenance squadrons: the 14th Munitions Squadron at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; 15th Munitions Squadron at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.; 16th Munitions

  • Malmstrom completes propulsion replacement program

    The 150th Minuteman III solid-propellant booster replaced under the propulsion replacement program at Malmstrom was lowered into Launch Facility Echo-08 Aug. 18, extending the service life of the "First Aces" through 2020. The first MMIII replacement booster was delivered to Air Force Space Command

  • Air Force stands up Global Strike Command

    The Air Force stood-up a new major command to oversee all of its nuclear forces in an activation ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 7. Air Force Global Strike Command will provide combat ready forces to conduct strategic nuclear deterrence and global strike operations in support of

  • Air Force Global Strike Command Activation Ceremony to be held August 7

    The Secretary of the Air Force, the honorable Michael B. Donley, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Norton A. Schwartz, have officially announced the Air Force Global Strike Command Activation Ceremony will take place August 7, 2009, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The ceremony will

  • Memorial Day Message

    "When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow, we gave our today." - The Kohima Epitaph (John Maxwell Edmonds) Since the Revolutionary War more than 1.2 million American men and women have lost their lives in service to our country. Through their unselfish action, we have been given

  • Klotz confirmed to lead Air Force Global Strike Command

    Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz received Senate confirmation to become commander of the Air Force's newest major command, Air Force Global Strike Command. "I am honored to have been nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate to lead our Air Force global strike forces," General Klotz said. "I

  • SAC Birthday Celebrated by Today's Airmen

    63 years after Strategic Air Command was formed on Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC, the former command was honored by Airmen currently assigned just a few yards from where the SAC story began. The Airmen tasked to build the new Air Force Global Strike Command celebrated the anniversary of the

  • GSC stands up provisional headquarters at Bolling

    The Air Force's newest command stood up its provisional headquarters here Jan. 12. The Air Force Global Strike Command is led by Brig. Gen. James Kowalski, who was the deputy director for global operations for the Joint Staff in the Pentagon before taking the reins of the provisional command. He is