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  • 509th Bomb Wing maintains a presence to ensure B-2 mission readiness

    Airmen with the 509th Bomb Wing participated in Red Flag 23-1, from Jan. 23 to Feb.10 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada to practice mission planning.Exercise Red Flag 23-1 brings joint and allied forces together in a realistic environment where warfighters can train on mission tactics, from planning

  • Combat Mission Ready initiative tested at Warren AFB

    Maj. Thomas Keim, Air Force Global Strike Command chief of ICBM standardization and evaluation, stood alert at the L-01 missile alert facility near Kimball, Nebraska, Jan. 19, 2023, marking the first time a missileer stationed with AFGSC has pulled alert at one of the missile wings. His alert was

  • Civic leaders immersed in Global Strike mission

    The Mighty Ninety guided 21 civic leaders from across the wing’s missile field area of responsibility on a trip to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, and Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Feb. 8-10, 2023.

  • Whiteman remembers historic Valentine’s Day delivery

    More than three decades ago, a 46-year old Pine Plains, N.Y., man received a most unusual Valentine’s Day flight – a new heart – courtesy of the 509th Bombardment Wing. The unique humanitarian mission took place Feb. 14, 1986, as FB-111A crew S-03 transported a donor heart from Oklahoma City, Okla.,

  • Air Force Global Strike Command Communities Unite

    The 28th Bomb Wing provided civic leaders from the greater Cheyenne area, which spans parts of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming, a look into the B-1B Lancer long range strike mission and showcased the ironclad ties between the base and Black Hills community at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota,