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Tech. Sgt. Brandyn Nace (left), 377th Flight Test Missile Maintenance Squadron special weapons maintenance trainer, directs Tech. Sgt. Joseph Lakey (right), 377 FTMMXS special weapons bay chief by reading though a technical order while the two work on a Training Payload Support Bulkhead at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This type of training allows the team to maintain consistency when it comes to working on a real Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that is test fired from Vandenberg.

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Decision Timelines

Published April 22, 2026
By 8 AF

TOPIC SPONSOR: 8 AF

With the advent of modern strategic weapons, does current planning and decision timelines still hold true, or do the US Strategic Forces need to rethink, and adapt to the newest strategic threats?

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