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Sept. 22, 2024
DoD leaders discuss future of Air Force nuclear deterrent systems

Senior leaders discuss strategic deterrence during the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
Aug. 16, 2024
Sentinel: The History of the DAF Modernizing the Backbone of America’s National Security

The U.S. Air Force is replacing the 54-year-old LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon system with the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM. Upgrading to Sentinel ICBMs ensures the land-based leg of America's Nuclear Triad remains safe, secure & effective.
July 8, 2024
Department of Defense announces results of Sentinel Nunn-McCurdy Review

On Jan. 18, 2024, the Air Force notified Congress that the Sentinel program exceeded its baseline cost projections, resulting in a critical breach under the Nunn-McCurdy statute.
March 16, 2024
Air Force conducts third Sentinel static fire test

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted a static fire test March 16, 2024, for the Stage-3 solid rocket motor of the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.
Jan. 12, 2024
Air Force conducts second Sentinel static fire test

The Air Force and Northrop Grumman conducted a static fire test today for the Stage-2 solid rocket motor of the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.
Dec. 13, 2023
Air Force Global Strike Command Establishes New Directorate

AFGSC recently stood up a new directorate, AFGSC/A10, the ICBM Modernization Directorate, to oversee and coordinate the deployment of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM weapon system and the retirement of the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon system.
Nov. 28, 2023
AFGSC Director of ICBM Modernization discusses “monumental” Sentinel Program at Joint Engineers Conference

Brig. Gen. Colin J. Connor, Air Force Global Strike Command Director of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization, recently highlighted the future of the LGM-35A Sentinel during the annual Joint Engineers Conference in Helena, Montana.
Sept. 29, 2023
Brown’s tenure as CSAF leaves lasting imprint on the service, its evolution

As Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. closes out his three-year tenure as the Air Force’s highest-ranking officer and braces for a new, even more challenging assignment as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
May 23, 2023
Environmental analysis clears Sentinel missile infrastructure construction for takeoff

The construction phase of Sentinel, the Air Force’s multi-billion-dollar missile modernization effort, was cleared for takeoff May 19 as Robert Moriarty, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, signed the project’s environmental record of decision.
Dec. 21, 2022
Sentinel agreement signed in historic ceremony

More than 150 personnel who took part in drafting the LGM-35 Sentinel Programmatic Agreement participated in a historic signing event Dec 16, 2022, which simultaneously took place in 11 different locations.

Kirtland Air Force Base

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DoD leaders discuss future of Air Force nuclear deterrent systems

Sentinel: The History of the DAF Modernizing the Backbone of America’s National Security

Department of Defense announces results of Sentinel Nunn-McCurdy Review

Air Force conducts third Sentinel static fire test

Air Force conducts second Sentinel static fire test

Air Force Global Strike Command Establishes New Directorate

AFGSC Director of ICBM Modernization discusses “monumental” Sentinel Program at Joint Engineers Conference

Brown’s tenure as CSAF leaves lasting imprint on the service, its evolution

Environmental analysis clears Sentinel missile infrastructure construction for takeoff

Sentinel agreement signed in historic ceremony