Air Force Space Command airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., yesterday, to test its operational effectiveness. Its three unarmed re-entry vehicle impacted targets on the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Pacific after traveling 4,800 miles. The ICBM came from the 90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.