An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, before flying 4,200 miles to a test center in ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – May 21, 2025 – A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has conducted a successful test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch was ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile Wednesday from this base along the central California coast, officials said ...

The US Air Force launched a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to anywhere on Earth Wednesday morning — as part of a regular test of the ...

An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from north Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Wednesday. Lisa André ...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot Area Chamber of Commerce committee is raising funds to place a one-fourth scale Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile model at Minot Air Force Base. The chamber's ...

HELENA, Mont. — At a memorial service in 2022, veteran Air Force Capt. Monte Watts bumped into a fellow former Minuteman III nuclear missile operator, who told him that she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The Air Force hoped to reuse existing silos for Minuteman III nuclear missiles for the upcoming Sentinel program, but has concluded it will have to dig new silos. (A1C Braydon Williams/Air Force) The ...

Lt. Col. Tyler Hiatt, commander of the 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron at the base in Wyoming, was removed from his ...

The Air Force conducted a midnight test Wednesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Airmen from Air Force Global Strike Command launched the Minuteman III at 12:01 ...