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  • An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:51 Pacific Time Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.

    Faces of GT-239: Malmstrom's missileers

    Ten months ago, preparation was made for an individual Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to conduct a test launch, which occurred Aug. 11, 2021 at 12:53 A.M.
  • U.S Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., receives a briefing from Capt. Morgan Pack, 576th Flight Test Squadron intercontinental ballistic missile test operator, during a tour Oct. 27, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

    Gen. Brown visits 576th FLTS during first visit to VAFB as CSAF

    After recently taking over his new position, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., made his first visit to Vandenberg Air Force Base Oct. 26-28, 2020.
  • An Airman stands on a ladder and looks down a shaftway into a launch facility.

    Wing 1 WERX sparks new missile field idea

    A new idea suggested at a Wing 1 WERX convention here is being tested as an implemented tool for security forces Airmen defending Malmstrom’s 13,800 square-mile missile field.During a trip to a Combat Air Force Weapons and Tactics seminar in January 2019, 1st Lt. Daniel Cook, 341st Security Forces Group commander executive, and Tech. Sgt. Daniel
  • A launch facility operated by Malmstrom Air Force Base is shown April 13, 2017. 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Delia Marchick)

    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 consisting of a complete overhaul of parts in order to
  • Members of U.S. Strategic Command stand in front of their U.S. Navy E6-B Mercury at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Sept 19, 2016. The crew operates as the Airborne Command Post, having the ability to command and control U.S. STRATCOM’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

    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 mission, historically codenamed Looking Glass, came to
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