Security Forces tasked with defending Minuteman III ICBMs currently train for everything from retaking captured silos to ...

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 Air Force hoped to reuse existing silos for Minuteman III nuclear missiles for the upcoming Sentinel program, but has concluded it will have to dig new silos. (A1C Braydon Williams/Air Force) The ...

The Air Force is asking Congress to pass legislation to restrict further construction of towering wind turbines that have edged in closer to its nuclear missile sites. The ground-based silos share ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of the ICBM test program on Wednesday, ...

This month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings on the Air Force’s troubled transition from the aging, silo-based Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to its ...

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1 a.m. Wednesday, from Vandenberg Space Force Base. ICBM test launches demonstrate the readiness, ...

The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer. The simulator was used to train crew members to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Similar ...