Feb. 19, 2025 Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent A joint team, with support from the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single telemetered joint test assembly re-entry vehicle at 1 a.m. Pacific time Feb. 19 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Dec. 19, 2024 2024 AFMC Year in People Step into the highlights of 2024 with our Air Force Materiel Command "Year in People" photo spread!
Aug. 28, 2024 Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center earns 10th organizational excellence award The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center recently received the 2022 Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award.
Aug. 14, 2024 AFNWC internship gives students experience, credits for future career The Air Launched Cruise Missile Summer Training Program introduces high school students to real-world projects faced by the AFNWC Missile Sustainment Division and tasks them with learning job roles, applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills, assessing risk management, and presenting
July 8, 2024 Department of Defense announces results of Sentinel Nunn-McCurdy Review On Jan. 18, 2024, the Air Force notified Congress that the Sentinel program exceeded its baseline cost projections, resulting in a critical breach under the Nunn-McCurdy statute.
June 11, 2024 GT-249 and 250 Test Launch Patching Ceremony Vandenberg Space Force Base held a patching ceremony following an ICBM launch.
Nov. 1, 2023 Minuteman III test provides vital data before termination Space Launch Delta 30 safely terminated an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean at 12:06 a.m. Pacific Time Nov. 1, due to an anomaly during a test launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
March 6, 2023 Air Force conducts Sentinel static fire test The Air Force and Northrop Grumman conducted a static fire test March 2, 2023, for the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at Northrop Grumman's facility in Promontory, Utah.
Jan. 26, 2023 AFNWC breaks ground on innovative software center for next-gen ICBM The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 19, 2023, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to mark the start of construction for a new software facility.
Dec. 16, 2022 Cross-functional graduation boosts AFLCMC, AFNWC workforce Dozens of trainees entered the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center workforce following a graduation ceremony here Dec. 8.