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  • 741 MSFS strengthens combat skills at Fort Harrison

    The 741st Missile Security Forces Squadron of Malmstrom AFB honed their ground defense skills during a five-day exercise held from September 16-20. Airmen were greeted by the dry, rocky terrain of Fort Harrison, where they faced a range of challenges designed to simulate real-world combat scenarios.

  • AFGSC tests new B-52 Stratofortress towbar prototype

    AFGSC recently demonstrated a prototype of a potential new B-52 Stratofortress towbar at Barksdale AFB, La. B-52 maintainers from the 307th Bomb Wing and the 2nd Bomb Wing tested the new prototype under real-world conditions during the week leading to the demonstration.

  • Raider Reach exercise tests Ellsworth’s combat readiness

    As the sun rose up into the sky ushering in a new day, exercise Raider Reach, a 2-week, 2-phase exercise involving the entire 28th Bomb Wing, encompassing 5 groups, 17 squadrons & supporting agencies, & over 4,000 military & civilian personnel came to a close Sept. 20, 2024.

  • B-52 Stratofortress crosses Alaska

    Recently North American Aerospace Defense Command F-16 Fighting Falcon’s escorted a U.S. Strategic Command B-52 Stratofortress across Alaska during Operation POLAR VORTEX to rapidly deploy forces to the Arctic in support of First Air Force and U.S. Northern Command’s homeland defense mission.

  • 625 STOS completes SELM test

    Airmen and Sailors from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb.; 576th Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg SFB, Calif.; the 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.; and the Navy’s Strategic Communications Wing 1, Offutt AFB, completed a simulated electronic launch minuteman (SELM) test at

  • DAF provides B-21 Raider program updates

    The B-21 Raider will incrementally replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers to become the backbone of the Air Force’s flexible global strike capability.

  • PV/BV 24-4 concludes at Minot AFB

    Airmen assigned to the 2nd and 5th Bomb Wings participated in Prairie Vigilance/Bayou Vigilance 24-4, a training operation designed to test the wings’ readiness to conduct deterrence and combat operations here, Sept. 4-8.

  • Mission Accomplished: Bomber Task Force Pacific concludes

    More than 180 Airmen assigned to the 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base arrived last month at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia to conduct Joint and multilateral Bomber Task Force missions across the Indo-Pacific

  • Air Force announces second and third B-21 Raider bases

    The SECAF has approved the 2nd & 3rd basing locations for the B-21 Raider, the Air Force’s newest bomber. Those bases are Whiteman AFB, Mo., & Dyess AFB, Texas, in that order. Ellsworth AFB, S.D., was previously selected as the 1st base to receive the B-21.