Category Archives: Malmstrom Air Force Base

AFGSC completes test launch, using unarmed Malmstrom missile

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

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ICBM test launch, using unarmed Malmstrom missile, scheduled for early morning

Air Force Global Strike Command is scheduled to conduct an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile between 12:01 a.m. and 6:01 a.m. Pacific Time on May 20 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This routine launch, designated GT 256, was scheduled years ago and is not in response to world events. The purpose of

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Malmstrom paired with Westinghouse for potential nuclear microreactor

Toll booth and security checkpoint at an entrance, with cars driving through under a covered gate and sun glare on the left edge.

The Air Force announced earlier this month that Malmstrom Air Force Base was one of two bases selected for a nuclear microreactor. This week, the Air Force announced, in conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit, that it has paired Westinghouse Government Services with Malmstrom to potentially develop and operate a microreactor on the base as part of the Advanced Nuclear Power

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Malmstrom AFB one of two bases selected for potential nuclear microreactors

Toll booth and security checkpoint at an entrance, with cars driving through under a covered gate and sun glare on the left edge.

Malmstrom Air Force Base is one of two bases selected as potential locations for nuclear microreactors under the federal Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations, or ANPI, program. The Air Force and the Defense Innovation Unit selected Malmstrom and Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado. “By advancing the use of next-generation nuclear energy, the [Air Force] is strengthening the energy security of our

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Malmstrom airman killed in Thursday’s motorcycle crash

Update April 11 with additional information An airman assigned to Malmstrom Air Force Base was killed April 9 in an off-base vehicle crash around 3 p.m. According to Malmstrom public affairs, the airman was transported to Benefis Health System by first responders following the incident and was pronounced deceased. The airman has been identified as Airman 1st Class Daris Benally,

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Sentinel work continuing; officials considering local impact

The Air Force’s Sentinel program is a behemoth with evolving details, but there’s been “forward aggressive progress.” That’s what Peter Sturdivant has seen in the six months since being named director of intercontinental ballistic missile infrastructure for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. On April 1, Sturdivant and Lt. Col. John Mayer, the Sentinel

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Omaha Trophy returns to Malmstrom Air Force Base

The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base has been named the Omaha Trophy winner again. Adm. Rich Correll, U.S. Strategic Command commander, announced the winners recently. The 2025 Omaha Trophy recipients are: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile: 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base Ballistic Missile Submarine: USS Maryland (SSBN 738), Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Strategic Bomber: 509th

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County interviewing for grant-funded Sentinel position

Cascade County Commissioners have scheduled interviews for April 2 for the community installation liaison position for which they received a federal grant for last fall. Commissioners are scheduled to interview five candidates. The interviews may be conducted in closed session, under state law, since the Cascade County Attorney’s Office determined these interviews could be done privately if the applicants asserted

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Air Force test launched ICBM this week, part of longstanding testing program

Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test re-entry vehicles at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time on March 3 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This launch, designated GT 255, was scheduled years ago, and is not in response to world events. The Air Force typically conducts

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