Security Forces Airmen compete in International Sniper Competition

CSAF, CMSAF visit Malmstrom

Maj. Gen. Cotton visits Malmstrom

Striker Trident program enhances the future force

Twentieth Air Force is made up of operators, maintainers, defenders and support personnel who are tasked with providing the nation and its allies with the most responsive leg of the nuclear triad. Walking the hallways of the Numbered Air Force’s headquarters, sporting an obviously different blue

20th AF aims to increase reserve footprint across missile wings

Colonel Erich Novak, 20th Air Force mobilization assistant, discussed the decision and efforts being made to provide officers, in the 20th AF missile wings, the choice to continue to serve as a reserve Airman on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Sept. 29, 2017. According to Novak, every year the reserve

Teamwork makes the dream work

On October 4, 2017, nine Airmen at Minot Air Force Base came together to overcome adversity as a unit during the Team Cohesion Challenge.The nearly 10-mile ruck challenge is an Air Force-wide event that builds resiliency and promotes fitness.“The main focus of this challenge is teamwork and

Missile Security Forces modify field deployment, increasing lethality and readiness

Twentieth Air Force’s three missile wings restructured their security forces groups on Oct. 6, and implemented the Missile Security Operating Concept, significantly changing missile field security operations and addressing areas for improvement in defender culture.  "We're delivering a combat

We are Codes, and this is what we do

Nuclear surety governs the management of the U.S. nuclear force by ensuring all associated material, personnel and procedures related to nuclear weapons are safe, secure, and under positive control. Through programming and requiring more than one person to control coded equipment, the codes flight

Air Force awards contracts for next-generation ICBM airborne launch control system

The Air Force awarded two contracts today for upgrading the system that enables an aircraft to control an intercontinental ballistic missile’s launch from a silo in the ground.

An integrated force

The man stopped in the narrow hallway, his eyes turning to rows of glossy portraits hanging symmetrically on the wall. “He was my first wing commander,” the man said.  It was 1986 when a young, U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Anthony Cotton first laid eyes on the main gate at Minot Air Force Base, North