Oct. 30, 2015

U.S. Strategic Command to Conduct Command and Control Exercise

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), one of nine U.S. unified commands under the Department of Defense, will conduct Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER 2016 with components and tasks forces beginning Nov. 2, 2015.

Oct. 12, 2015

New Zealand Hosts Combined Space Operations Meeting

New Zealand will host the Defense Department and U.S. Strategic Command in the Combined Space Operations initiative at a formal meeting of the delegates this week, DoD officials announced today.

Oct. 8, 2015

Air Force Secretary Visits Offutt and Provides Keynote Address at USSTRATCOM’s Birthday Ball

In her first official visit to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, the Honorable Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), met with military members and senior leaders from USSTRATCOM and the 55th Wing, Oct. 1-2.

Oct. 8, 2015

Striker Trident (Part 3 of 3): Air Force Missile Officers Get their Sea Legs

Through the Striker Trident nuclear officer exchange program, four hand-selected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) officers, assigned to various Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) units, are broadening their horizons by serving multi-year tours with U.S. Navy Submarine Forces (SUBFOR) ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) units.

Sept. 17, 2015

AFGSC completes first New START bomber conversion

Air Force Global Strike Command has begun the conversion of a portion of the B-52H bomber fleet from a nuclear to a conventional only capability aircraft under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).

Sept. 17, 2015

Joint Ballistic Missile Defense Training and Education Center celebrates full operational capability

The Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense celebrated full operational capability of the Joint Ballistic Missile Defense Training and Education mission Sept. 14 here.

Aug. 19, 2015

Minot conducts ICBM test launch on 45 year Minuteman III anniversary

It was 45 years to the day that the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, put the U.S. Air Force’s first Minuteman III missiles on alert. Today, the 91st MW completed an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg AFB, California, continuing its mission providing strategic deterrence for the United States and our allies.

Aug. 18, 2015

Striker Trident (Part 2 of 3): Navy Officers Trade Submarines for Missile Silos

The first two hand-selected U.S. Navy Submarine Forces (SUBFOR) nuclear engineer-qualified submarine officers began serving multi-year tours with Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) units in March as part of a Navy-Air Force nuclear officer exchange program.

Aug. 18, 2015

Striker Trident (Part 1 of 3): An Innovative Inter-Service Exchange Program

U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and U.S. Navy Submarine Forces (SUBFOR) sent six company-grade officers, starting last summer, to participate in a dual-service, nuclear exchange program to enhance interoperability within the nation’s nuclear enterprise.

Aug. 12, 2015

U.S. Strategic Command signs space data-sharing agreement with Israel

U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) recently entered into a new Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data-sharing agreement with Israel.