Story by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves | 17th Training Wing | 08.31.2020
“One of the things our schoolhouse teaches is the necessary skills to innovate, operate, and maintain the U.S.’s primary nuclear weapons detonation and proliferation detection systems,” said Tech. Sgt. David Hunt, 312th TRS course instructor. “ … Which is a fancy way of saying that we are highly trained technicians who specialize in detecting radioactive events around the world.”...
Story by Airman 1st Class Kelsey Owen | 20th Fighter Wing | 11.07.2016
Thirty years ago, the first of November marked the end of the decades-long nuclear stalemate between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Soviet Union. For 28 years, forces on both sides of the Cold War stood vigilant against threats from the opposition....
Courtesy Story | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 12.16.2010
The new strategic arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia "in no way limits" U.S. plans for missile defense or modernizing its nuclear arsenal, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said, Dec. 16....
Courtesy Story | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 10.27.2010
The public was never endangered when launch control center lost communication with ballistic missiles, Oct. 23, an Air Force spokesman said, Oct. 27. ...
Story by John Banusiewicz | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 06.08.2010
If Iran were to succeed in acquiring nuclear weapons, the subsequent chain of events would make that country less secure, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here, June 8....
Story by Jim Garamone | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 05.18.2010
Saying the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty strengthens America's defenses, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates urged the Senate, May 18, to ratify the pact between the United States and Russia....
Story by Jim Garamone | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 05.18.2010
The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia is "the right thing for us to do," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 18....
Story by Jim Garamone | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 04.06.2010
The Nuclear Posture Review, released April 6, is the first overarching look at U.S. nuclear strategy since the end of the Cold War, a senior defense official briefing reporters on background said, April 5....
