• Four munitions operations activated under AFNWC

    With the activation and assumption of command for the 798th Munitions Maintenance Group at Minot AFB, N.D., August 18, the Air Force significantly advanced one of its top goals -- reinvigorating its nuclear enterprise. The maintenance group was the last of four similar organizations to stand-up this month.  The other assumption ceremonies took

  • AFMC leaders urged to focus on nuclear sustainment and other command priorities

    From a top priority of robust nuclear sustainment to increased warfighter support and resource conservation, Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, charged his center and wing commanders along with AFMC headquarters staff to make the command's priorities a fundamental part of their daily mission.General Hoffman called for
  • Airmen from one of the Nuclear Weapons Center?s units prepare for combat during an exercise here. The NWC is not only consolidating the Air Force?s nuclear weapons functions under the leadership of one unit, it is also training its Airmen to fight terrorism and preparing them for their duties in combat. The center is celebrating a year of success and superior performances in headquarters lead inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Berenger)

    Happy birthday NWC: Nuclear Weapons Center celebrates year of success

    In the short time it has existed the Nuclear Weapons Center here has had a lot of accomplishments on its way to becoming the Air Force's Nuclear Center of Excellence.The NWC was created here March 31, 2006 and has two wings under it, the 498th Armament Systems Wing and the 377th Air Base Wing.In March 2006, Col. Terrence Feehan, the then-377th ABW

  • Nuclear Weapons Center the right organization at the right time

    “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Nuclear Weapons Center has been activated.”With that announcement March 31, Kirtland Air Force Base took another important step in its long history as a center of nuclear activity.In a ceremony replete with military tradition, Col. Gregory Foraker, formerly the director of the Nuclear Weapons Directorate here, assumed

  • Nuclear Weapons Center set to open at Kirtland

    Kirtland will become the home of Air Force Materiel Command's newest organization, the Nuclear Weapons Center, on March 31."The base has been at the heart of nuclear activities for over 60 years, so it is no surprise that the NWC would find a home here," said Col. Greg Foraker, director of the Nuclear Weapons Directorate."Kirtland is a natural
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