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Sept. 20, 2024
DoD leaders discuss future of Air Force nuclear deterrent systems
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) — Senior leaders discuss strategic deterrence during a time of Great Power Competition.
Sept. 19, 2024
Air Force provides B-21 Raider program updates
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) — The B-21 Raider will incrementally replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers to become the backbone of the Air Force’s flexible global strike capability.
625 STOS completes SELM test
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — Airmen and Sailors from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb., 576th Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D., and the Navy’s Strategic Communications Wing 1, Offutt AFB, completed a simulated electronic launch minuteman (SELM) test at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Sept. 17.
Sept. 18, 2024
PV/BV 24-4 concludes at Minot AFB
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — Airmen assigned to the 2nd and 5th Bomb Wings participated in Prairie Vigilance/Bayou Vigilance 24-4, a training operation designed to test the wings’ readiness to conduct deterrence and combat operations here, Sept. 4-8.
Sept. 13, 2024
Air Force announces second and third B-21 Raider bases
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The Secretary of the Air Force has approved the second and third basing locations for the B-21 Raider, the Air Force’s newest bomber. Those bases are Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in that order. Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota was previously selected as the first base to receive the B-21.“We continue
Sept. 12, 2024
USAF B-52 Stratofortresses complete double-transatlantic mission
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses completed a double-transatlantic training mission Wednesday, Sept. 11, demonstrating the service’s ability to integrate with Allied nation forces while providing global strike capabilities anytime, anywhere.
Sept. 10, 2024
Barksdale enhances combat readiness with new Bomber Generation Squadrons
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — In a significant shift towards enhancing combat readiness, the 2nd Bomb Wing activated two new bomber generation squadrons on August 22, 2024.
Aug. 28, 2024
Second annual ARROW held at Camp Guernsey
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. -- — The Advanced Recapture Recovery Operational Warfighter exercise kicked off at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming, Aug. 5-23, 2024.
Aug. 23, 2024
Engines hot: 110th EBS Airmen complete hot pits on B-2 Spirit during BTF
DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory — U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed a hot pit event with the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber during a Bomber Task Force mission, Aug. 21, 2024.
Aug. 17, 2024
'Strategic Deterrence Amidst Global Transformation' explored at 2024 USSTRATCOM Deterrence Symposium
OMAHA, Neb. — 820 people representing the “highest nuclear IQ on the planet” recently gathered in downtown Omaha, Neb., for U.S. Strategic Command's 15th annual Deterrence Symposium, hearing panel discussions from renowned government, military, academic and international experts, as well as keynote speakers including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.