The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base will be conducting a base wide training exercise March 15 from about 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The exercise is an opportunity for multiple agencies to practice contingency operations in response to a simulated incident on base. Visitors should expect delays at the gates, facility lockdowns, and traffic detours on base.
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Earlier this month, a team from the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine visited Malmstrom Air Force Base to begin designing their study of cancer related to missile operations. In February, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, approved a comprehensive study design by the school to conduct a formal assessment related to specific cancer concerns raise
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Northrop Grumman conducted its first full-scale static test fire of the Sentinel stage-one solid rocket motor at the company’s test facility in Promontory, Utah. It tests the Sentinel design and helps move the project to the next stage of testing, according to a Northrop Grumman release. The motor fired for the anticipated duration and met performance parameters and objectives within expected
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed a series of wind tunnel tests of the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. The test uses scaled models of the vehicle, stressed under environments from sub to hypersonic speeds, to validate digital modeling and simulations and prove design maturity of the missile. Air Force conducts ICBM test launch “This wind tunnel campaign is an opportunity
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The U.S. Air Force conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on Feb. 9 in California. Air Force Global Strike Command airmen launched the unarmed missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time on Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The test launch is part of the Air Force’s regular
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The Air Force signed the programmatic agreement for the new Sentinel ground based strategic deterrent that will replace the existing Minuteman III nuclear missile system. More than 150 people were involved in drafting the agreement and the signing event took place simultaneously at 11 different locations on Dec. 16. The Air Force’s project to replace the aging Minuteman III intercontinental
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Gen. Anthony Cotton assumed command of U.S. Strategic Command on Dec. 9 during a ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Cotton previously served as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana. Strategic Command is the parent command to AFGSC and includes all of the U.S. nuclear enterprise. Malmstrom Air Force Base falls under
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The 341st Missile Wing will be conducting an emergency response exercise on Malmstrom Air Force Base on Oct. 20 from about noon to 4 p.m. “The exercise is an opportunity for multiple agencies to practice contingency operations in response to a simulated incident on base. Visitors should expect delays at the gates, facility lockdowns, and traffic detours on base. There
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The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment on the proposal to reissue a hazardous waste permit to Malmstrom Air Force Base for operation of a hazardous waste storage facility and continued remediation of contaminated areas on the base. As part of the permit reissuance process, DEQ is seeking public comment on the draft permit and environmental assessment.
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Northrop Grumman has cast the LGM-35A Sentinel program’s first inert stage-one and stage-two solid rocket motor set this summer. The casting event demonstrated the maturity of Sentinel’s solid rocket motor design and validated manufacturing processes, advanced tooling, and facilities, according to a Northrop Grumman release. Sentinel is the weapon system that is replacing the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system in place at
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