Prayers & Helping Hands for Minot, ND
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Everybody remembers last year's devastating flood in Minot, ND. They haven’t recovered yet, but they won’t give up. You can help.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 10:06:58 PM
USAF stands up new nuclear command
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The US Air Force (USAF) stood up its new Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) in Louisiana on 7 August. The newly formed AFGSC will bring together the air force's nuclear-capable assets under a single command for the first time since the Strategic Air Command (SAC) was disbanded with the end of the Cold War in 1992. "The command will bring together our strategic nuclear forces under a single commander, and will provide combatant commanders with the forces to conduct strategic nuclear deterrence and global strike operations through intercontinental ballistic missiles...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 10:06:58 PM
Minot airmen fell asleep with classified nuke hardware
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Link only Air Force Times http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/07/airforce_nuclear_072408w/
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 10:06:58 PM
Missile crew falls asleep with nuclear code device: air force
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Members of a US Air Force nuclear missile crew face disciplinary action for going to sleep while in possession of an invalidated nuclear launch code component, the air force disclosed Thursday. The breach occurred July 12 at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, the scene of two other recent high profile lapses involving nuclear weapons or nuclear-related components, according to the spokesman. An investigation into the violation of procedures "concluded that no compromise of the classified material occurred," the air force said in a statement.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 10:06:58 PM
USAF Heads Resign In Major Shake-Up
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The military and civilian chiefs of the Air Force are resigning, U.S. officials said Thursday. Defense officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said that Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne to step
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 10:06:58 PM
Top 2 Air Force Officials to Resign
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WASHINGTON — Both the top uniformed officer of the Air Force and its civilian leader have been asked to submit their resignations, FOX News confirms.Air Force Chief of Staff Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne will resign by the end of the day, two sets of sources tell FOX News.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 10:06:58 PM
Lessons From The Accidental Nuke Flyby
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A great inside look at a Pentagon after-action report on that embarrassing nuke flub where the Air Force flew a couple doomsday weapons across the US without even knowing it. Let's hope this report doesn't just collect dust on some general's shelf and that the recommendations are actually implemented. From our friends at Popular Mechanics: One might think that the United States' nuclear weapons -- the cornerstone deterrent in the country's arsenal -- would be treated with the utmost precision. This comfortable illusion was shaken on Aug. 31, 2007, when crews loaded six live nuclear warheads onto a B-52 bomber...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 10:06:58 PM
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