Unifying the Raider’s Beddown: Eighth Air Force activates B-21 Integration Detachment 1 One of the most significant next steps in the mission transition at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, unfolded during the B-21 Integration Detachment 1 unit activation and assumption of command ceremony on base Sept. 9, 2026.
20th AF demonstrates lethality, executes Sentinel Dragon 26-02 20th Air Force completed Sentinel Dragon 26-02, a commander-directed, no-notice exercise conducted from August 4-7, 2026, designed to validate the combat readiness of its missile wings. By removing the benefit of traditional spin-up time, leadership was able to observe exactly how operations,
Global Strike’s North Star Readiness Campaign bolsters operational readiness AFGSC, in a strategic partnership with Air Force Materiel Command & the Defense Logistics Agency, has launched the “North Star Readiness Campaign,” a sweeping initiative aimed at increasing the number of mission-capable B-52 Stratofortress & B-1 Lancer aircraft.
Senior AFGSC leaders see Sentinel program advancements The Air Force’s senior leaders charged with overseeing the service’s nuclear enterprise took part in a two-day immersion at Hill AFB, gaining insight into how AFGSC and its mission partners at Hill AFB & Northrop Grumman are fielding the Sentinel ICBM.
81st Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb and the beginning of the Atomic Age Eighty-one years ago, a one-page operations order, Number 35, was issued on Aug. 5, 1945, and resulted in the 509th Composite Group—a predecessor of the 509th Operations Group assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri—dropping the first wartime atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.
Initial operating capability of MH-139 Grey Wolf announced AFGSC announced that the MH-139 Grey Wolf has officially achieved Initial Operational Capability as of August 10, ushering in a new era of modernization for AFGSC’s nuclear security operations.