Air Force Space Command already has targeted the 564th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., reports Associated Press news service. AP obtained a copy of a memo from Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley to Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, AFSPC vice commander, in which Moseley concurs with AFSPC’s recommendation to deactivate the unit with the oddball missiles. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) has seen the handwriting on the wall and has been engaging the Air Force and DOD in discussions about new missions for Malmstrom.
The Air Force has dispatched an element of its Natural Disaster Recovery Team to Guam in the wake of Super Typhoon Mawar, which has caused widespread damage on the island and at Andersen Air Force Base. The team will assess the damage and put together a recovery cost estimate for…