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Aug. 16, 2024
Sentinel: The History of the DAF Modernizing the Backbone of America’s National Security

The U.S. Air Force is replacing the 54-year-old LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon system with the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM. Upgrading to Sentinel ICBMs ensures the land-based leg of America's Nuclear Triad remains safe, secure & effective.
April 5, 2022
Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile system has a name: Sentinel

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall approved the designation for the system that modernizes the ICBM leg of the Nation’s nuclear triad. AFNWC manages the weapon system program.
Aug. 23, 2021
AFNWC hosts inaugural Pitch Day for small business solutions to technical challenges

AFNWC hosted its inaugural, invitation-only “Pitch Day” Aug. 17 to consider proposals from several small technology businesses.
June 30, 2017
Focus on Defense: Sustaining the nuclear triad

The 2017 Focus on Defense Symposium was held June 21st at the Ogden Eccles Center and was co-hosted by the Air Force Sustainment Center and Utah Air Force Association.
June 26, 2017
ICBM Country: Ogden Air Logistics Complex restoring Air Force’s nuclear launch facilities

Editor's Note: Hill Air Force Base units are helping ensure the nuclear triad remains an effective strategic deterrent now and into the future. This is the first in a two part series.For more than 50 years, rural American pastures in the Great Plains have housed a key leg in the air, land and sea

Sentinel: The History of the DAF Modernizing the Backbone of America’s National Security