Air Force Global Strike Command assumes the U.S. Air Force’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile mission today.
The ICBM transfer is part of a phased approach to unify all Air Force nuclear-capable assets under one command, officials said.
The new command gains three missile wings, one each at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.; Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; and Minot AFB, N.D., with the assumption of the entire 20th Air Force mission, including that organization’s responsibility for all of the United States’ 450 ICBMs. The 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., as well as the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron at Offutt AFB, Neb., also now fall under AFGSC. Previously all of those units were part of Air Force Space Command.
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