• ICBM test launch verifies system reliability

    Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time May 20 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.This routine launch, designated GT 256, was scheduled years ago, and is not in response to world

  • Air Force Global Strike Command Establishes New Directorate

    AFGSC recently stood up a new directorate, AFGSC/A10, the ICBM Modernization Directorate, to oversee and coordinate the deployment of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM weapon system and the retirement of the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon system.

  • Missile Mishap Response Team train, focus on future

    When it comes to mishap response and preparedness, training exercises are important, especially in the military, where the phrase “train like you fight” is routinely put into practice.This is why a highly specialized team of military members and civilians with the Minuteman III Systems Directorate

  • Hill EOD; no other like it in the Air Force

    Hill’s 775th Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit routinely accomplishes a mission at the Utah Test and Training Range that makes them stand apart from any other EOD in the Air Force.Recently, they did something on the main base that no other Hill EOD has ever recorded doing.They responded to an