Posted on 03/02/2010 11:22:47 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Two Air Force units responsible for the nuclear missiles warehoused in Montana failed inspections last month, military officials said Monday.
There is no threat to the public and the units at Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls are still performing their missions while correcting the problems, according to Global Strike Command and Air Force Materiel Command, which oversee the units.
The 341st Missile Wing and 16th Munitions Squadron received "unsatisfactory" ratings in February from Air Force inspector general teams evaluating the units' ability to carry out their missions. Neither Global Strike Command, which oversees the 341st Missile Wing, nor Air Force Materiel Command, which oversees the 16th Munitions Squadron, would detail the problems found in the nuclear surety inspections, citing security reasons.
"There were no critical deficiencies noted. The wing is still fully able, in the eyes of the inspector general team, to conduct its mission safely, securely and with credibility," said Lt. Col. John Thomas, spokesman for Global Strike Command based in Barksdale, La., which oversees the nation's nuclear equipped bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Air Force Materiel Command released a statement that said the 16th Munitions Squadron is correcting the deficiencies and will keep its nuclear certification. Spokeswoman JoAnne Rumple declined further comment Monday.
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The Strategic part of the entire system is their attack. Your tactical screen-name explains the preliminary strikes. Your understanding of anything beyond would be fascinating but obviously requires great discretion. Cheers :^)
The people that pay attention are still here. It is not acceptable to mess with SAC or TAC, I don’t give a damn what they call it.
Okay, who’s been peeing in the sink? Four demos...
He said you was into latrines, stickin’ your head down in ‘em and all.
This is a barracks, not a bordello.
That’s the fact, Jack!
Hey I thought I was the only one who called Putin..Pooty-poot! Ha!
I did some training up there. Taught the Air Force how to use an M-60 a long time ago.
They called it Malfunction Junction.
There you go. America is years ahead and idiot in chief is closing the gap. Keep in mind I have over 25 years of all services getting it done. Every service I must adhere to the utmost respect. I never worked so hard in my life to bring these crews together. For a brief moment, I got it. :^)
In the mid-90s...as I was coming to the end of my career...I started to notice this mentality. This anti-AFI concept was sweeping the AF and everyone was encouraged to be “different” and recreate a totally different vision on their base. Then over the past ten years...you added the constant TDYs and deployments...which meant you never got a firm hand on your real job. And finally...junior NCOs began to be forced into the real leadership role that senior NCOs had long held. I was witnessing guys moving up to E8 in fifteen years who simply were book-smart but unable to grasp their entire profession.
This continued nuke inspection problem....isn’t just about the nukes...it’s really about the entire Air Force.
We certainly had to have everything in order. This was back in the late seventies.
Well, at least it can be said that those weapons systems outlived America.
I was there too. 78 to 82. Security Police, worked out in the 490th on crew #3 at N-1 mostly, but did K-1 alot and the rest of them on occasion.
I was there from 77-79.
Did you know Scotty Switzer? One of our SP's at Delta 1.
A bunch of us came in From Shemya AFB, Alaskan Air Command to Malmstrom.
>”Did you know Scotty Switzer?”
Yep, pretty sure. New a guy by the last name of Switzer that worked the 10th (we got borrowed sometimes). If I remember right, we called him Scot or Scotty. You ever heard of a cop named John Justice? He came from Shemya too. The original rock, he used to say. lol.
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