May 29, 2026 Inside the Capsule: The Silent Watch of America’s Missileers Deep beneath the Montana prairie, the world narrows to a room of reinforced concrete and steel. There is no sky or horizon. There is only the low hum of equipment and the weight of the world’s most powerful weapon system. It is a 24-hour vigil kept in the dark, where the primary mission is to ensure
Oct. 7, 2020 Malmstrom first to launch missile squadron deployments to missile complex The 341st Missile Wing’s mission revolves around an in-garrison deployment to a 13,800-square-mile missile complex, home to Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.
June 20, 2018 490th MS change of command Lt. Col. Troy Stauter, right, accepts command of the 490th Missile Squadron from Col. Anita Feugate Opperman, 341st Operations Group commander, during an assumption of command ceremony June 20, 2018, at the Grizzly Bend at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Guidon bearer Master Sgt. Luke Keigley, 490th MS