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F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. - Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing participated in the annual Response Task Force (RTF) exercise Sept. 16-18, 2025, to strengthen readiness for potential incidents.
The three-day event tested how quickly and effectively the wing can react to any incident that might threaten mission assets. This year’s scenario created a situation for multiple responding agencies to contain and secure a mission asset.
The exercise was organized by the 90th Missile Wing Inspector General’s planning team with support from Wing Inspection Team members. Units across the installation participated, encouraging their members to step into exercise roles to create a more accurate picture of base-wide readiness.
“As a team, we train for every scenario so we can respond with precision and confidence,” said Col. Terrance Holmes, 90th Missile Wing commander. “Exercises like this ensure our Airmen and mission partners are always ready to protect our people and accomplish the mission, no matter the challenge.”
Training moved through several stages, starting with initial notifications and mobilization. Teams then carried out on-scene response, recovery and demobilization before finishing with a detailed review of what went well and where improvements could be made. Running the operation from a single hub was intended to streamline communication and support faster decision-making.
“The 90th Missile Wing’s U.S. Strategic Command mission requires the installation to maintain specific response and recovery readiness standards, with an additional responsibility to support U.S. Northern Command in the event of an incident/accident in the installation’s area of responsibility,” said Nathan Murray, 90th Civil Engineering Squadron emergency management specialist.
Murray continued with an explanation of how different units come together to meet exercise goals and how RTF meets STRATCOM requirements.
“The 90th Missile Wing’s Initial Response Force, RTF Training and Exercise event satisfies training requirements while reinforcing a clear understanding of Department of Defense, Department of Energy and Department of Justice tasks, conditions, standards,” said Murray. “Additionally, the exercise stresses, evaluates and validates organizational constructs, training effectiveness, and resource attainability necessary to accomplish the associated mission sets in a multi-jurisdictional environment under a unified command.”
Specialized teams including Emergency Management, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, the F.E. Warren Fire Department, 90th Security Forces Group members and the Security Forces Squadron’s investigations section worked to strengthen coordination. Despite the scale of the exercise and its impact on day-to-day activities, the wing continued its mission in the missile field without interruption.
“I'd say the valuable thing would be that there's a lot of real world application to the exercise,” said Capt. Aaron Bradley, 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron executive officer. “The scenario is a possible situation that F.E. Warren could experience, so I think that's a response that we need to be ready for.”
Once the exercise ended, participants will come together for an after-action review to capture lessons learned and apply them to future training, with the intent of keeping the wing prepared to defend the nation’s strategic assets.
| Date Taken: | 09.19.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.19.2025 17:33 |
| Story ID: | 548809 |
| Location: | F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, WYOMING, US |
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