Keeping Minuteman III missiles running would be a challenge, but it may be the only option as new Sentinel ICBMs face severe ...

The House's fiscal 2026 national defense authorization bill, which the body passed last week, would require the U.S. Air ...

The aging American nuclear missile—now more than 50 years old—must remain in service to make up for delays in the construction of the LGM-35 Sentinel, its successor.

Air Force officials have told congressional auditors it’s feasible to extend, until 2050, Boeing Co.’s aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles that have been the ground-based leg of the US-nuclear triad ...

The U.S. Air Force inventory of silos able to launch 1970s-era Boeing LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBMs is in no immediate danger ...

The LGM-35A Sentinel has run into severe cost overruns and schedule delays that could force the Air Force to keep Minuteman ...

BURNS — In an underground facility northwest of Burns, dedicated 90th Missile Wing defenders conduct essential nuclear deterrence operations. The Alpha-01 Missile Alert Facility (MAF) hosts one of the ...

The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer. The simulator was used to train crew members to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Similar ...