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May 21, 2025
Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent

A joint team of AFGSC Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single Mark-21 High Fidelity Re-Entry Vehicle May 21 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg SFB, Calif.
April 10, 2025
Sentinel Site Activation Task Force, Detachment 11 stood up at Malmstrom

AFGSC stood up Sentinel Site Activation Task Force, Detachment 11 during a ceremony at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, April 4, 2025.
Sept. 4, 2024
USecAF, DAF senior leaders and congressional staff delegation visit Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of the Air Force Melissa Dalton, various DAF senior leaders, and a Congressional staff delegation visited Malmstrom AFB, Aug. 28-29. The purpose of their visit was to better understand the 341st Missile Wing’s current mission and operations and to emphasize the strategic importance
Aug. 27, 2024
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center stands up merged ICBM Systems Directorate

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is reorganizing its execution directorates to better serve the nuclear enterprise.
April 5, 2022
Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile system has a name: Sentinel

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall approved the designation for the system that modernizes the ICBM leg of the Nation’s nuclear triad.
March 9, 2022
Gen. Cotton talks strategic deterrence at 2022 AFA Warfare Symposium

Gen. Anthony Cotton, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, spoke during the 2022 Air Force Association Warfare Symposium, March 3 in Orlando, Fla., highlighting the command’s role in strategic deterrence.
April 1, 2021
Vandenberg AFB chosen as preferred location for GBSD FTU

Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth selected Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, as the preferred location for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, a new intercontinental ballistic missile, Formal Training Unit.
March 4, 2021
Air Force Chief of Staff visits Hill Air Force Base

During his first visit to Hill AFB as CSAF, he met with Airmen and immersed himself with Hill AFB’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent and F-35 Lightning II mission sets.
Feb. 19, 2021
Air Force releases environmental study on Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ICBM recapitalization Test Program

The Air Force proposes to modernize the land-based leg of the nuclear triad, recapitalizing its ICBM fleet while upgrading the weapon system technology, supporting infrastructure, and command and control functions.
Oct. 28, 2020
AFOTEC stands up GBSD, ICBM detachment

The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., stood up Detachment 3 at Hill Air Force Base Oct. 1 to provide operational test and support for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) and other related Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

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