A former member of the U.S. Air Force at the Malmstrom Air Force Base was sentenced March 13 to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for obtaining and selling child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Brandon Earl Bankston, 23, pleaded guilty in October 2023 in federal court to possession with intent
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The new MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter landed at Malmstrom Air Force Base last week and its arrival was celebrated by the Air Force, congressional leaders, the aviation industry and locals during a March 9 ceremony on base. Airmen are now training on the new helicopter, taking it through initial operational testing and evaluation as 10 more helicopters are set to
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Air Force officials attended the March 5 City Commission meeting to answer some questions posed by the city regarding the upcoming Sentinel missile upgrade project. Col. Barry Little, commander of the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, also told commissioners that the first of new MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters that will replace the UH-1N Hueys at the base
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The Air Force recently awarded contracts related to its intercontinental ballistic missile systems. On. Feb. 22, the Air Force awarded a $405,366,978 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract modification to a previously awarded contract to Boeing. The contract is for operations, maintenance and testing in support of the Minuteman III weapons system. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to
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The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base has been named the Omaha Trophy winner again. Gen. Anthony Cotton, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, announced the 2023 Omaha Trophy recipients on Feb. 15. The Omaha Trophy is the highest honor bestowed upon a nuclear enterprise unit by a civilian organization. Omaha Trophy awarded to Malmstrom’s 40th Helicopter Squadron [2023]
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Both Montana Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines said on Feb. 21 that they were announcing Malmstrom Air Force Base would receive its first MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter in March. That information was no surprise to anyone who attended a Jan. 2 City Commission meeting when Col. Barry Little, 341st Missile Wing commander, said during the public meeting that the
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed tests of several elements of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. Forward and aft sections of a Sentinel ICBM were evaluated through a test campaign at the company’s Strategic Missile Test and Production Complex in Promontory, Utah. The tests lower risk for the program with important data about the missile’s inflight structural dynamics. Test data
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Updated 2:45 p.m. Feb. 15 Law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter on Malmstrom Air Force Base. An exercise was planned for 10 a.m. in a specific building on base. The exercise was planned as an active shooter scenario. At 12:43 p.m. Malmstrom said the lockdown was lifted and had returned to Force Protection Condition Bravo. “A suspicious
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The community got a definitive answer as to whether the Air Force would ever reactivate the runway at Malmstrom Air Force Base for a new flying mission during the Jan. 25 townhall about the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile project. “I’m sorry, no,” Malmstrom commander Col. Barry Little said in response to a question about reopening the runway. The Air Force
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The U.S. Air Force is holding two town hall meetings in Montana on Jan. 24 and 25 at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are planning to provide the local community with information on the Sentinel missile upgrade program. The town halls are scheduled for: Jan. 24 at the Fergus County Fairgrounds in Lewistown Jan. 25 at Great Falls High School auditorium
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