USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Senior Airman Kevin Arroyo from the 741st Maintenance Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 741 MXS provides maintenance in five diverse sections: electronics laboratory, aircraft aerospace ground equipment, mechanical and pneudraulics, vehicles, and equipment and power, refrigeration and electrical systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Master Sgt. Justin Klukan from the 341st Security Forces Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 341 SFS provides law enforcement services to the main base complex, ensuring Team Malmstrom remains a safe and law-abiding community for a base population of more than 10,000. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins a 341st Maintenance Group civilian, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 341 MXG strives in its everyday duties to maximize ICBM readiness and lethality by ensuring assigned launch facilities, launch control centers, and support equipment are safe, serviceable, and properly configured to meet mission needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Capt. Hannah Anderson from the 341st Missile Security Operations Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 341st Missile Security Operations Squadron provides more than 1,200 security forces personnel with training, equipment and support to foster the most advanced warfighting and combat-ready force in Air Force Global Strike Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante receives a tour of a Transporter Erector Replacement Program (TERP) from Senior Airman Christion Bartlett from the 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The TERP revitalized the legacy transporter erector by replacing and refurbishing the parts of the more than 30 year-old vehicles becoming increasingly difficult to repair. It also enabled the missile handling teams to perform missile emplacement and removal tasks more effectively and efficiently throughout the missile. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante receives a tour of a payload transporter at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The payload transporter provides the ability to load, unload, transport, emplace, or remove and replace Minuteman weapon system aerospace vehicle equipment (AVE) and supporting equipment in a controlled environment on air-cushioned pallets between the Minuteman launch facility and the Missile Support Base. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante receives a tour of 341st Maintenance Group operations from Staff Sgt. Traeton Kooima from the 741st Maintenance Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 741 MSX plans and monitors production efforts of more than 300 maintenance technicians and conducts all ancillary and technical training, ensuring job proficiency and mission readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante receives a tour of 341st Maintenance Group operations from Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Daniels, 341 MXG quality assurance superintendent, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. Quality Assurance is responsible for assessing maintenance capability and effectiveness by evaluating personnel and procedures, and inspecting facilities, equipment, vehicles, technical data, maintenance data collection systems and managerial guidance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante receives a tour of 341st Maintenance Group operations from Senior Airman Jake Bailey from the 741st Maintenance Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 741 MXS supports all maintenance activities affecting the base’s Minuteman III launch facilities and missile alert facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante receives a tour of a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The JLTV, a next-generation armored truck, is set to replace the aging Up-Armored Humvee. This upgrade is part of AFGSC's ongoing push to modernize and enhance defenders' capabilities, ensuring better protection for one of the nation’s most critical assets: its nuclear arsenal. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Senior Master Sgt. Sheila Perez-Rivera from the 341st Missile Wing Wing Operations Center, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The WOC consists of numerous agencies and squadrons to serve as a centerpoint during major operational events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Maj. Scott Broberg from the 10th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 10th, 12th and 490th Missile Squadrons are warfighting units comprised of missile operators and facility managers. Each squadron provides highly trained, on alert missile combat crews prepared to employ the world's most powerful weapon system in support of United States' strategic objectives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Col. Daniel Voorhies, 341st Missile Wing commander, briefs Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante on the 341 MW Wing Operations Center at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. During his visit, LaPlante emphasized the focus on advancing the nuclear enterprise mission and supporting modernization and sustainment efforts, especially on the Sentinel Program. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Col. Daniel Voorhies, 341st Missile Wing commander, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante and his staff pose for a photo in front of the “First Ace in the Hole” clock at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The “First Ace in the Hole” clock counts upward, starting the day the Minuteman III missile went on alert on Oct. 27, 1962. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Col. Daniel Voorhies, 341st Missile Wing commander, gives a mission brief to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 341 MW, headquartered at Malmstrom AFB, is one of three U.S. Air Force Bases that operates, maintains and secures the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante listens to a briefing about the launch control center at the A01 Missile Alert Facility during his visit to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. Malmstrom Airmen have been on alert using the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile for the past 62 years. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Trevor Rhynes)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Senior Airman Christion Bartlett from the 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 341 MMXS is responsible for maintaining the immediate launch readiness of the base’s Minuteman III ICBMs and missile alert facilities spread over a 13,800-square mile complex. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Capt. Taylor Yost from the 490th Missile Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 490 MS missile alert facilities are deployed at the farthest sites in 20th Air Force; squadron personnel are known as the “Farsiders” and take tremendous pride in being the furthest from the support base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)

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USD(A&S) LaPlante visits Malmstrom AFB

Published Nov. 6, 2024
By Senior Airman Breanna Christopher Volkmar & Staff Sgt. Trevor Rhynes
341st Missile Wing Public Affairs

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. -- Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante coins Senior Airman Kevin Arroyo from the 741st Maintenance Squadron, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Nov. 1, 2024. The 741 MXS provides maintenance in five diverse sections: electronics laboratory, aircraft aerospace ground equipment, mechanical and pneudraulics, vehicles, and equipment and power, refrigeration and electrical systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Christoper Volkmar)