Officials at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., activated the 16th Munitions Squadron Aug. 4 to handle weapons storage area logistics, according to a report by the Great Falls Tribune. The newspaper reports that the unit is aligned under the 798th Munitions Maintenance Group, which the Air Force announced in June would be activated at Minot AFB, N.D. The Tribune also reported that the Air Force on Aug. 4 activated another 798th MUMG unit, the 15th MS at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. The 798th MUMG and its squadrons are part of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, headquartered at Kirtland AFB, N.M. As part of the service’s nuclear-enterprise overhaul, the center now oversees nuclear weapons storage.
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…