Aug. 26, 2020 Next Level: Defender Weapons and Tactics Weapons and tactics are not new to the Security Forces community. In fact, the Defenders often lead the way with innovative approaches to the application of weapons and tactics in defense of USAF-joint combat capability.
Aug. 24, 2020 20 AF commander & command chief visit 582 HG for an immersion tour Maj. Gen. Mike Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Orf, 20th Air Force command chief, visited the 582nd Helicopter Group for an immersion experience of their mission, 19 August, 2020 at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. During the day-long visit, Lutton and Orf took
Aug. 19, 2020 A message from the 20 AF commander and command chief on MMIII anniversary Sentinel Warriors,Fifty years ago today, the first Minuteman III ICBM went on nuclear alert in the 741st Missile Squadron at Minot AFB, ND. On its watch, the Cold War ended, non-state terrorism took center stage, and great-power competition returned to dominate the global environment. Yet every
Aug. 19, 2020 Half-Century on Alert: Minuteman III turns 50 Fifty years ago, on Aug. 19, 1970, Strategic Air Command placed the first flight of 10 Minuteman III ICBMs on alert at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.
Aug. 14, 2020 20th Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II When Sergeant John Dellinger watched the 3d Marine Division—his assigned B-29 aircraft, not the military ground force—take-off for Mission No. 330 on the afternoon of August 14, 1945, he was unaware it would be the last Allied combat run of the Second World War.The next day, the Japanese government
Aug. 12, 2020 50th Anniversary: First Minuteman III placed on alert at Minot Fifty years ago on Aug. 19, 1970, the very first Minuteman III ICBM was placed on alert status at Minot AFB, North Dakota.
Aug. 12, 2020 20 AF nominates four Airmen to AFGSC for the 2020 Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award Every year the Air Force recognizes the accomplishments of four Airmen, officer and enlisted leaders, who demonstrate the highest qualities of leadership with the Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award. This year, 20th Air Force had the honor to nominate four exceptional Sentinel Warriors to Air Force
Aug. 7, 2020 Team Adaptability is key to Minuteman Task Force success Unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile tests are nothing new to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and the Western Range. Since its activation in 1991, the 576th Flight Test Squadron has partnered with Task Forces from the various Missile Wings to conduct ICBM test launches – a
Aug. 6, 2020 CSO visits VAFB during MMIII launch Gen. Jay Raymond, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations and commander of U.S. Space Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger A. Towberman, U.S. Space Force Senior Enlisted Advisor, visited Vandenberg Air Force Base, Aug. 3-4, 2020.
Aug. 5, 2020 341st Missile Wing Change of Command Malmstrom Air Force Base welcomed Col. Anita Feugate Opperman as the new commander of the 341st Missile Wing during a change of command ceremony Aug. 5, 2020, at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Feugate Opperman takes command after serving as the director of the Security Sector Reform Group at the Office of