Posted on 07/24/2025 8:01:04 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
An Air Force command is temporarily barring the use of issued Sig Sauer sidearms amid an investigation into the death of an airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming over the weekend.
The active-duty Security Forces airman, assigned to the base's 90th Security Forces Squadron, "died on base while on duty" in the early morning hours Sunday, a news release from the base said. While the identity of the service member has not yet been made public, nor has the circumstances of their death, Air Force Global Strike Command, or AFGSC, issued an immediate order pausing the use of 9mm Sig Sauer M18 handguns as a result of the incident.
"Air Force Global Strike Command has paused use of the M18 Modular Handgun System, effective July 21, 2025, until further notice," Charles Hoffman, an AFGSC spokesperson, told Military.com. "This decision was made following a tragic incident at F.E. Warren AFB, WY, on July 20, 2025, which resulted in the death of a Security Forces airman."
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2A news.
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Ask me? All-in-One tools are never as efficient as the single right tool for the job. Only Management Dickheads and Accountants will disagree.
“...identity of the service member has not yet been made public, nor has the circumstances of their death,...”
It’s hard to form an opinion without knowing specifics.
Based on a report from another site, he placed the holstered pistol on a a table and it went off.
I'll wait for results from a thorough investigation.
SIG makes some remarkably high qual products, so I'll reserve judgement but give them the bennie of the doubt.
“All-in-One tools are never as efficient as the single right tool for the job. “
They are more efficient when you only have one tool.
“More problems with the Sig Sauer P320 and variants”
The article doesn’t give the circumstances of the death....kinda jumping to conclusions aren’t you?
Not anymore. Their recent efforts are junk. Their main design feature is heavy and blocky shaped. Very overrated.
Why does our military insist on using foreign manufactured firearms?
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What’s wrong with good ‘ol S&W?
I was on the range and my sig suddenly wouldn’t fire. Something went amiss with the trigger mechanism.
I took it to get ‘repaired’, traded it in and have been Glock exclusive on sidearms ever since.
Sigs have serious issues.
Back To the 1911A1
A reasonable question, my FRiend.
The P320 Strikes again....
“What’s wrong with good ‘ol S&W?”
Modern S&W autos are essentially Glock knock offs.
The question should be.. What is Wrong with the tried and true Beretta M9?
This is what happens when you pay your engineers the same as McDonalds pays a burger flipper. A few years ago Sig was plastering the radio around here looking for help (engineers, assemblers and the like). My son applied (he’s a B.S. in electro-mechanical eng.) with a very good resume’, they offered him $19.20 an hr. F-Sig
Wait.
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WHAT?
Big but effective...............
On table And Holstered?
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Yikes!
“What’s wrong with good ‘ol S&W?”
They failed to meet the bid specs ...
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