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Dec. 28, 2020
50th Anniversary: First Minuteman III squadron starts operations

On Dec. 29, 1970, the first Minuteman III squadron obtained full operational status.
Dec. 28, 2020
Commentary: Minuteman III still stands for nuclear deterrence 50 years later

Fifty years after achieving operational alert, one leg of the nuclear triad continues to stand as world’s most formidable arm of nuclear deterrence.
Dec. 14, 2020
50th Anniversary: Last Minuteman III launches from Cape Kennedy

As 1970 crept towards the end of the year, continued launches of the Minuteman III ICBM at the Eastern Range of Cape Kennedy, Florida (now known as Cape Canaveral), were nearing an end as well.
Feb. 5, 2019
AFNWC unit at Hill recognized for excellence

Chalk up another win for Hill personnel with the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center ICBM Systems Directorate. The unit, with its headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, recently received the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the fifth time since the center stood up in 2006.
Aug. 21, 2017
Air Force awards two contracts for new intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system

The Air Force announced Aug. 21 the award of two Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction contracts for its Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system program. Contracts were awarded to Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama, and Northrop Grumman Systems

50th Anniversary: First Minuteman III squadron starts operations