Two MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters conducted their first operational Minuteman III ICBM convoy security mission to and from a launch facility over 100 miles away from Malmstrom AFB. The U.S. Air Force ...

A top Air Force general sees a long future for Sentinel after it enters service, but there is still a murky and increasingly ...

U.S. Air Force and Navy leaders reiterated the importance of the nuclear triad and the need to maintain an effective deterrent before adversaries. U.S. military leaders testified the importance of ...

Officially released photos show special weapons system mechanics conducting maintenance on nuclear-capable Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) boosters. This comes after the U.S.

The US Air Force is conducting a routine test of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The last Minuteman III test was in May. It flew over the Pacific toward a target in the Marshall ...

For now, the current ICBMs, called Minuteman IIIs, sit buried inside hardened silos at several-mile intervals across the Great Plains. Behind 8-ft. razor-wire fences in wheat fields, cattle pastures, ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE, Calif. – An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday as part of a test of the nation's nuclear launch capabilities.

An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from north Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Wednesday. Lisa André ...

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile during a weapons transfer operation near Sydney, Nebraska, February 5, 2025. Credit: Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole/U.S. Air Force Kathryn Bigelow’s ...

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, at Vandenberg Space Force Base. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S.

Despite the Minuteman III’s continued effectiveness, the technology it relies on is quite old. As tensions rise with Russia and China, the US Air Force is keen to demonstrate that they still have a ...