The Montana Veterans Memorial Association is hosting the 20th annual Memorial Day ceremony at 2 p.m. May 26. “Since its beginning, more than 8,000 tiles have been placed on the walls of this memorial,” MVMA President Starnell Darko said in a release. “Now, twenty years later, we continue to honor our veterans by installing an additional 106 granite tiles.” Uniformed members
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As the Great Falls community celebrates Memorial Day this weekend with ceremonies, camping and cookouts, about 150 airmen are en route to Africa for a few months. The group left in waves with mostly cargo and a few airmen departing Friday on the unit’s C-130s and the bulk of the airmen left Saturday morning. At 5 a.m. May 23, airmen
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A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single Mark-21 High Fidelity Re-Entry Vehicle May 21 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The test used a missile pulled from the Malmstrom Air Force Base complex. The Western Test Range at Vandenberg
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Maj. Gen. Pete Hronek, Montana Adjutant General and director of the Department of Military Affairs, is retiring on June 7. Gov. Greg Gianforte announced on May 20 that he has appointed Col. Trenton Gibson to replace Hronek in those roles. The change of command ceremony is scheduled for June 8 at Fort Harrison in Helena. “I’m grateful to General Hronek
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Air Force Global Strike Command is conducting an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile this week. The launch is scheduled between 12:01 and 5:01 a.m. Pacific Time May 21 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It’s a routine test launch that was scheduled years in advance. Sentinel design progressing; Air Force decides on new
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Air Force and Northrop Grumman officials are in town this week hosting town halls to provide updates on the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile project. The last town hall is May 15 at 6 p.m. at West Elementary School. Questions for the town halls can be submitted here. Questions about the Sentinel program can also be emailed to AFGSC.Sentinel.Hotline@us.af.mil or by calling the Sentinel hotline at Malmstrom Air
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The Air Force is hosting town halls this month to provide updates on the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile project. The town halls are: May 13 at 6 p.m.: Fergus County Fairgrounds, Lewistown May 14 at 5 p.m.: Fairfield High School, Fairfield May 15 at 6 p.m.: West Elementary School, Great Falls Questions for the town halls can be submitted here.
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The 83rd WMD-Civil Support Team of the Montana National Guard was training in Great Falls this week. The Helena based team is made up of five Air Guard and 17 Army Guard members that would respond to incidents with suspected chemical, biological or radiological threats. Lt. Col. Jason Steichen, 83rd commander, said they’d been in Great Falls this week for
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The Air Force stood up the Site Activation Task Force Detachment 11 at Malmstrom Air Force Base on April 4 as part of its intercontinental ballistic missile modernization effort. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, Air Force Global Strike Command Commander,presided over the ceremony as Lt. Col. John Mayer assumed command of the new detachment, which will oversee the daily operations and activities
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City Commissioners will consider during their April 1 meeting whether to waive facility use fees for training conducted by the Montana Air National Guard and Malmstrom Air Force Base at the city’s indoor aquatic center. The Sheels Aim High Big Sky Aquatics and Recreation Center opened last summer and was funded with $10 million from a U.S. Defense Department grant and
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