Speaking in Washington Tuesday, Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz said that three test launches of the Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle earlier this year were so successful that Space Command scrapped a planned fourth test launch. SERV is a program to add decommissioned Peacekeeper warheads to existing Minuteman III missiles to achieve greater accuracy and to provide the assurance against a system-wide failure that comes from a variable-configuration fleet. SERV warheads will be used on “a portion” of the Minuteman fleet, said the acting AFSPC commander, with first deployment scheduled for this October. Exact basing plans have not been established, but Klotz, who previously oversaw USAF’s nuclear missile fields as commander of 20th Air Force, said there is no reason that SERV missiles cannot be intermixed at the same base with Minutemans carrying their traditional warheads.
Now Enlisted Airmen Can Stay in Uniform Longer
Dec. 8, 2023
The Air Force is extending the amount of time Airmen can spend at most enlisted ranks by two years, as the service looks to combat sluggish recruiting and balance its force structure. The High Year of Tenure (HYT) program sets limits on how long service members can spend in each grade…