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  • Whiteman Air Force Base gains two units

    As part of the Air Force's continuing effort to reinvigorate the nuclear enterprise, two new Air Force Materiel Command units formally joined Team Whiteman in a ceremony Sunday. The 498th Munitions Maintenance Group headquarters staff relocates from Kirtland AFB, N.M., while its new subordinate

  • Malmstrom trains for response

    Malmstrom Airmen continued Response Task Force training here Oct. 15 and 16 to train for the initial response and recovery effort in the event of an accident involving nuclear material. The exercise began where the previous two-day, hands-on exercise left off Oct. 2. In the scenario, a vehicle

  • Airmen commemorate 50 years of nation's preeminent ICBM fleet

    Members from across the ICBM community arrived here Oct. 7 for a three-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ICBM. "We are proud to host such a historic event and welcome the many ICBM pioneers to join in on our discussions about the future of America's preeminent nuclear deterrence," said

  • 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