May 31, 2024 AFGSC Announces First Fully Public MCCS Virtual Town Hall Scheduled for June 6, 2024 AFGSC announced today they plan to host a virtual town hall June 6, 2024, at 10:30 am CST through Zoom regarding the ongoing Missile Community Cancer Study. The VTH will be the first time AFGSC has opened a VTH livestream to the public.
May 20, 2024 AFGSC Issues PCB Memo for Health Care Providers AFGSC published a memorandum signed by commander Gen Bussiere documenting the presence of PCBs at missile facilities based on an environmental survey by USAFSAM, acknowledging PCBs likely also present at decommissioned Peacekeeper and Titan missile facilities operated by many now-separated, retired
April 22, 2024 Air Force Global Strike Command: Vandenberg SFB Environmental Sampling Complete The Missile Community Cancer Study’s (MCCS) environmental sampling at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, found no instances of contamination above regulatory action levels, Air Force Global Strike Command reported today.
March 13, 2024 AFGSC, USAFSAM hold Missile Community Cancer Study virtual town hall AFGSC Commander Gen. Bussiere held a virtual town hall Feb. 23 with current and former missile community members currently serving throughout several organizations to provide updates on environmental sampling results, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) mitigation efforts, and the results from the
Feb. 3, 2023 AFGSC commander pledges transparency as service addresses missile base health concerns The Commander and Command Chief, Air Force Global Strike Command, held two virtual town halls Jan. 30 with AFGSC leadership teams and Airmen from the nuclear enterprise to discuss concerns from Airmen about the “Malmstrom Initiative Slide Deck,” which discussed a potential link to increased cases of
Oct. 16, 2017 Maj. Gen. Cotton visits Malmstrom Maj. Gen. Anthony Cotton, 20th Air Force commander, shakes hands with Senior Master Sgt. Shawn Watkins, 40th Helicopter Squadron superintendent, upon his arrival to the 40th HS, Oct. 10, 2017 at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Cotton received a safety briefing at the squadron before his helicopter
Feb. 21, 2017 Olympic Sword: 20th Air Force conducts first joint technical order rewrite Charged with employing the world's finest nuclear deterrent force in defense of U.S. interests, 20th Air Force remains focused on sustaining and enhancing the integrated nuclear operations capability of the Minuteman III weapon system. Drawing on examples of past Guardian Sword events, the first