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Kelly Nathe, 341st Missile Wing assistant ground safety manager, speaks to motorcycle riders during a wing pre-season safety brief April 6, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The brief kicked off the 2017 season to help get information out to riders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Caleb Pierce)


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Kelly Nathe, 341st Missile Wing assistant ground safety manager, speaks to motorcycle riders during a wing pre-season safety brief April 6, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The brief kicked off the 2017 season to help get information out to riders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Caleb Pierce)

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Chief Master Sgt. Minnette Bohlander, 341st Maintenance Group superintendent, center, discusses challenges she faced throughout her career at the first “Let’s Connect” event Nov. 16, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The event’s theme, Lead like a Girl, focused on specific discussion topics including improving workplace relations, controlling emotions and communication up and down the chain of command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christy Mason)
From left to right, Lt. Col. LaShauna Lindsey, 341st Communications Squadron commander; Maj. Naomi Franchetti, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron commander; Chief Master Sgt. Minnette Bohlander, 341st Maintenance Group superintendent; and Senior Master Sgt. Tessa Fontaine, 341st Security Support Squadron security forces manager, discuss a topic during the first “Let’s Connect” event Nov. 16, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. “Let’s Connect” is a professional development directed primarily toward females but is open to anyone to help individuals understand their peers, leaders and subordinates better. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christy Mason)
Senior Airman Jeffery Hofer, 341st Communications Squadron client support technician, speaks to a customer Nov. 13, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.
Airman 1st Class Haden-Paul Cruz, 341st Communications Squadron client support technician, replaces a hard drive Nov. 15, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.
Bill McKowan, 341st Communications Squadron client systems technician, works on a phone Nov. 15, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.
Mascots were a vexing concern to Air Force Space Command in 1994 as organizers planned the inaugural Guardian Challenge Space and Missile Competition at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Missile wings had recently been transferred to AFSPC after a single yet final Olympic Arena missile competition hosted by Air Combat Command. “The space wings don’t have mascots here, and there was some debate on whether or not missileers could keep theirs” according to the official GC newsletter that year, noting that the tradition prevailed. The missile wing mascots pictured (clockwise, from bottom left) are Whiteman AFB’s War Chief, Grand Forks’ Warrior of the North, Malmstrom AFB’s High Plains Warrior, and Minot AFB’s Teddy Roosevelt. Not shown is F.E. Warren AFB’s Wrangler. (Photo courtesy of the Malmstrom Air Force Base Museum)
Capt. Peter Woelkers, 12th Missile Squadron, right, leads the 341st Missile Wing in a cheer at an Air Force Space Command Guardian Challenge 1997 Space and Missile Competition rally at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Mascots also acted as their team’s bus driver during competitions at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Woelkers, a Lewis and Clark expedition living history interpreter, wore his own gear and clothing to give the High Plains Warrior an authentic frontier look. (Photo courtesy of 341st MW Historian Office)
The High Plains Warrior, Team Malmstrom’s mascot for Guardian Challenge 1999, Staff Sgt. Kevin Barber, 341st Logistics Support Squadron, leads the team in a cheer on the flight line at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The 341st Space Wing won the Blanchard Trophy for Best ICBM Wing in 1998, the year the Blanchard was restored as a wing-level trophy after Air Force Space Command reduced it to a squadron trophy in 1994, and won it again in 1999 to become the first space wing to earn the Blanchard two consecutive years at AFSPC’s Guardian Challenge Space and Missile Competition. The mascot’s fur cap was still part of his identity in 2002 when the 341st SW again won the Blanchard. (Photo courtesy of 341st MW Historian Office)
Col. Sandra Finan, 341st Space Wing commander, left, and Grizzly, the 341st SW Guardian Challenge team mascot, entertain an audience during competition return celebration Aug. 21, 2006, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The 341st SW won the Blanchard Trophy for Best ICBM Wing at Air Force Space Command’s Guardian Challenge 2006 Space and Missile Competition. The wing mascot’s appearance has changed very little since this photo was taken. (U.S. Air Force photo)
A caricature of a cowboy watches as the 341st Strategic Missile Wing’s Missile Combat Competition team disembarks from a KC-135 Stratotanker. A 1981 group photo of team mascots at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., suggests this was the 341st SMW’s mascot in the early 1980s. (Photo courtesy of 341st MW Historian Office)
The 341st Strategic Missile Wing’s mascot, the Wrangler, far right, stands with seven other Minuteman and Titan missile wing team mascots around General Bennie L. Davis, commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command, at the 1985 SAC Missile Combat Competition at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Malmstrom Air Force Base’s team was called “The Wranglers, “The First Aces” and “The Ace in the Hole Gang” that year. The other mascots represent 321st SMW, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.; 351st SMW, Whiteman AFB, Mo.; 381st SMW, McConnell AFB, Kan.; 308th SMW, Little Rock AFB, Ark.; 44th SMW, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.; 90th SMW, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.; and 91st SMW, Minot AFB, N.D. By 1994 the 90th Missile Wing’s mascot changed from a cavalry trooper to the Wrangler. (Photo courtesy of 341st MW Historian Office)
“The Malmstrom AFB, Mont., ‘Bear’ leads the 341st SMW contingent into score posting ceremonies during Olympic Shield ’87” according to the original caption for this photograph. That year marked the 20th anniversary of Strategic Air Command’s first Missile Combat Competition. It was also the only year the name Olympic Shield was used for the competition. (Photo courtesy of AFGSC Historian Office)
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