Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 05.21.2025
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 12:01 Pacific Time May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is ready, reliable and effective in leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Jack Rodriguez Escamilla | 341st Missile Wing | 05.19.2025
First Lt. Travis Evans, 10th Missile Squadron combat crew commander, left, and 1st Lt. Kalvin Sutherland, 10 MS deputy combat crew commander, stand in a launch control center trainer May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Evans and Sutherland represented Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., as the missileers charged with initiating the launch sequence for Glory Trip 253, an......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Elora McCutcheon | 341st Missile Wing | 03.20.2025
First Lt. Travis Evans, 10th Missile Squadron combat crew commander, left, and 1st Lt. Kalvin Sutherland, 10 MS deputy combat crew commander, complete a series of simulated checklist procedures in a launch control center trainer May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The missileers routinely rehearse and execute tasks on alert back home at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., but......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Elora McCutcheon | 341st Missile Wing | 03.20.2025
Airman 1st Class David Foster, missile maintainer assigned to the 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., receives a mission safety brief May 20, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The 341 MMXS worked alongside Vandenberg’s 576th Flight Test Missile Maintenance Squadron to prepare for and execute Glory Trip 253, an operational test launch of an unarmed......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Olya Houtsma | Space Launch Delta 30 | 11.05.2024
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time Nov. 5, 2024, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is ready, reliable and effective in leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Olya Houtsma)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Olya Houtsma | Space Launch Delta 30 | 11.05.2024
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time Nov. 5, 2024, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is ready, reliable and effective in leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Olya Houtsma)...
Photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers | 341st Missile Wing | 09.04.2024
Col. James Rodriguez, Sentinel program infrastructure and deployment division director, answers a question from a Lewistown resident during a Sentinel town hall Sept. 4, 2024, in Lewistown, Mont. After extensive review, the 2022 Nuclear Posture review reiterated that the combination of all three legs of the U.S. nuclear Triad is the best approach to maintaining strategic stability. The......
Photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers | 341st Missile Wing | 09.04.2024
Col. James Rodriguez, Sentinel program infrastructure and deployment division director, speaks about the Sentinel program to a Lewistown resident during a town hall Sept. 4, 2024, in Lewistown, Mont. The Department of the Air Force’s land-based nuclear forces can credibly hold a wide range of global targets at risk, complicate adversaries’ decision calculus and deny adversaries the......
