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  • AFGSC Commander directs action based on initial research findings

    Teams of medical and public health experts recently presented initial findings taken from an ongoing survey and study of cancer-related concerns at Air Force Global Strike Command’s intercontinental ballistic missile bases.The teams, consisting of members from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace

  • Gen. Bussiere briefs senior leaders on missile community cancer study process

    Recently, Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, along with Col. Lee Williames, AFGSC Command Surgeon, briefed Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall , Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr., and other key U.S. Air Force and Space Force leaders on the

  • U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine completes visits to ICBM bases

    The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine began conducting its formal assessment for the Missile Community Cancer Study by visiting Air Force Global Strike Command’s three intercontinental ballistic missile bases.This step officially begins addressing specific cancer concerns raised by missile

  • 20 AF staff augment missile alert force at all three missile wings

    20th Air Force headquarters staff, in an effort to support 20 AF missile wings with combat mission ready (CMR) missile operators, are beginning to pull regular alerts at all three missile wings. This effort is not only helping relieve some of the scheduling pressures at the wings but also serves as

  • A family business - 20 AF directors share their mil-to-mil journey

    Something on the chart didn’t look right.  Two directors coming to Twentieth Air Force Headquarters with the same last name?  Was this a typo?  No, they each have a different first initial.  They are the same rank and are married to each other?  This is different.  But it is becoming more common to

  • Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

    In the early morning of June 8, 1994, a then-1st Lt. Linda Tonnies, 740th Missile Squadron operator, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, turned the launch key and launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM for Glory Trip 155 at Vandenberg AFB, California. Little did she know that 26 years later, her

  • Missileer takes inspiration from grandfather’s service

    Airmen often join the Air Force to participate in a legacy of service in their family. One missileer’s choice to serve was inspired by his grandfather’s courageous acts during the Vietnam War.“My service is honoring a family that has made a lot sacrifices for me growing up,” said 1st Lt. Alexander

  • 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

  • MALMSTROM TESTS MINUTEMAN III MISSILE WITH LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG

    A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single test reentry vehicle May 3 at 12:02 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Vandenberg Air Force