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  • AFNWC receives Air Force Organizational Excellence award

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center received the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the fourth time since the center stood up in 2006. The four awards span seven consecutive years, from 2009 through 2015.Ensuring U.S. nuclear weapons are “never doubted and always feared,” AFNWC

  • Airmen’s dormitory undergoes remodel

    Dorm 276 at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. has undergone remodeling since July 2016 and is scheduled for completion in July 2017. The goal of the project is to improve the living standards of the Airmen living in dormitories.

  • MAFs provide rapid refueling for helos

    The 341st Operations Group and 40th Helicopter Squadron recently initiated missile alert facility helicopter refueling operations here, where seven of Malmstrom’s 15 MAFs installed helicopter refueling capabilities to expedite the refueling process.This capability allows the UH-1N helicopters of the

  • F.E. Warren hosts ICBM sustainment roadshow

    A team of Air Force Global Strike Command and Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders held two town hall briefings at F.E. Warren Air Force Base on May 4 to share current and future ICBM sustainment initiatives with Airmen charged with operating, defending and maintaining a viable weapons

  • Malmstrom completes first ICBM programmed depot maintenance

    The 583rd Missile Maintenance Squadron, part of Air Force Materiel Command, completed programmed depot maintenance on a launch facility at Malmstrom, a first-ever for the intercontinental ballistic missile weapons system.Depot maintenance is a comprehensive level of preventative maintenance

  • 5th CES: Sign designers

    Airmen from 5th Civil Engineer Squadron create and craft signs at the sign shop on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., April 27, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Dillon Audit)

  • TRF, CRF conduct joint fires observer training

    Airmen from Malmstrom’s tactical response force conducted their first joint fires observer helicopter training with convoy response force Airmen from the 741st Missile Security Forces Squadron May 8, 2017.JFO training consists of Airmen traveling to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for two weeks to learn to

  • 40th HS rescues hiker

    A UH-1N Iroquois crew assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron here rescued an injured male in the Little Belt Mountains near Wheatland, Montana, May 7 at approximately 11:15 a.m.The rescue marked the 417th save for the 40th HS.The aircrew consisted of two pilots: Capt. Daniel Trapani and 1st Lt.

  • 54th HS maintainers provide aircrew support

    The 54th Helicopter Squadron plays a critical role in supporting the 91st Missile Wing by escorting 91 MW Airmen to the missile complex. The unit is responsible for convoy support, missile complex security and maintaining aircrew proficiency. Squadron members also engage in emergency search and

  • 625th STOS conducts first airborne ICBM launch since 8 AF realignment

    A scheduled Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test was launched by two key turns initiated from the Airborne Launch Control System, or ALCS, on-board a Navy E-6B Mercury jet, April 26. The airborne flight test was the first for the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron since its