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  • Global Strike Command commander updates progress

    Air Force Global Strike Command's top officer provided an update on the command's progress toward full operational capability during a speech at the Capitol Hill Club here Oct. 2. Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, the AFGSC commander, outlined the progress in bringing online the first new major command in

  • AFGSC, ACC hold bomb wing transition summit

    Command staff members from Air Combat Command and Air Force Global Strike Command along with representatives from Headquarters Air Force, U.S. Strategic Command, and the Headquarters Air Force A/10 directorate met Sep. 30 to work on solutions for the smooth transition of the Air Force's ACC's three

  • Whiteman prepares for readiness inspection

    Team Whiteman recently completed exercise SPIRIT FORCE 09-5, their last Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise for the year. In less than 10 days, members of the Air Combat Command Inspector General Team will arrive to conduct a Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection. "NORI's are the primary way

  • 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