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Air Force to Take Back on Looking Glass Mission for Nuclear C3

Dec. 11, 2025 | By Greg Hadley
More than a quarter-century after handing over the mission to the Navy, the Air Force is taking the first steps towards taking back over a critical nuclear command, control, and communications function. 

Air Force Conducts Unarmed ICBM Launch as Trump Ponders Nuclear Tests

Nov. 5, 2025 | By Chris Gordon
Air Force Global Strike Command tested an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in the early hours of Nov. 5, the service announced. The test, the latest in a series of launches which have been carried out at regular intervals for decades, came as Russian ...

Top USAF, DOD Officials Test Negative for COVID-19 After White House Event

Oct. 2, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
Senior Department of the Air Force leaders have repeatedly tested negative for the coronavirus within the past several days, as news emerged early Oct. 2 that President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump contracted COVID-19. Top military officials, including Secretary of the Air ...

Airmen on Navy Command Jet Test-Launch Three-Tipped, Unarmed Nuclear Missile

Aug. 4, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
A Navy E-6B Mercury nuclear command plane launched a three-tipped, unarmed Air Force nuclear missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in an unusual but long-planned exercise Aug. 4. Sailors and Airmen from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., aboard the E-6B worked with Airmen from ...

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