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  • 20 AF Airmen visit national laboratory

    Twelve Airmen from across 20th Air Force spent two days at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California on a professional development trip hosted by the 20th AF ICBM Center of Excellence, Nov. 8-9.LLNL is one of seventeen labs in the Department of Energy, and their mission is to develop and

  • 20th AF unveils milestone alert patches

    Maj. Gen. Anthony Cotton, 20th Air Force and Task Force 214 commander, unveiled alert milestone patches to 20th AF leadership at the 20th AF Senior Leadership Conference here, Sept. 18 to 21. Patches will be awarded to missileers for every 100 alerts they complete at F.E. Warren Air Force Base,

  • 576th FLTS realigns administratively under 20th Air Force

    The Air Force Global Strike Command Directorate of Operations will transfer administrative control of the 576th Flight Test Squadron to the 20th Air Force Commander effective Oct. 1.According to Col Craig Ramsey, 576th FLTS commander, the purpose of this realignment is two-fold: provide clear

  • SECDEF visits Minot AFB, emphasizes nuclear mission

    U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Minot Air Force Base Sept. 26, 2016, giving Airmen who support the Nation’s ICBM and strategic bomber forces a chance to engage with the secretary.During the visit to the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing, Carter emphasized the importance of the

  • Looking Glass: USSTRATCOM's Airborne Command Post

    A U.S. Navy E6-B Mercury visited Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 19-21, 2016. The visit allowed members of Team Minot to tour the inside of the Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) and learn about how it supports U.S. Strategic Command’s mission.In addition to the tour, the aircraft and its

  • 20th Air Force Senior Leaders meet to discuss Airmen, ICBM mission

    Maj. Gen. Anthony Cotton, 20th Air Force and Task Force 214 commander, held his fall Senior Leadership Conference here, Sept. 18-21.Twentieth AF wing commanders, group commanders and wing command chiefs gathered to discuss the ICBM mission. They shared knowledge to improve their execution of the

  • Many came home...some did not

    There are hundreds of thousands of people who have been affected by the tragedy of service members becoming prisoners of war or missing in action.  To pay respect for these individuals, military bases across the U.S. have been hosting commemorations annually on the third Friday of September known as

  • Prairie Vigilance 16: Anytime, Anywhere

    The 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, participated in Prairie Vigilance 16-1 Sept. 11-16, an annual exercise designed to test the wing’s ability to conduct conventional and nuclear-capable bomber operations.“Prairie Vigilance 16-1 is an operational readiness exercise that

  • 20th Air Force Marathon a huge success

    After a 30-minute weather delay, over 15,000 runners, walkers and spectators from all 50 states and many foreign countries gathered Sept. 17 to take part in the 20th annual U.S. Air Force Marathon at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohioj.

  • Malmstrom, partner agencies join forces for exercise

    Approximately 150 Malmstrom Airmen and federal, state, local and tribal agencies participated in a Local Integrated Response Plan exercise Sept. 14 near Stanford, Montana.The LIRP is a generalized plan that coordinates the response capabilities of the Air Force, FBI and civilian law enforcement