An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched early Wednesday from California to a target in the Pacific Ocean in a test of the defense system, the Air Force said.

Top Things to Do in Yellowstone National Park Eight Air Force personnel based out of nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base worked on the topside of the Delta-One facility. A cook, a facility manager and ...

Bob Hicks was spending a cold December night in his barracks 53 years ago at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City when the phone rang.

An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California early Tuesday on a test flight to a target in the Pacific Ocean, the Air Force Global Strike Command said.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — Members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron continuously test the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system to make sure it does what it’s supposed to do.

Ellsworth's mission changed in the mid-1950s, focusing more on missile capabilities with the Nike-Ajax surface-to-air missiles and the Minuteman missiles of the 1960s.

Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile boosters undergo maintenance at Hill Air Force Base in Utah on June 2. R. Nial Bradshaw/U.S. Air Force What To Know Hill Air Force Base in Utah ...

The minuteman missile was randomly selected from the stockpile at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and transported to Vandenberg.

The Air Force operates just one type of land-based nuclear missile, the Minuteman 3. It is a class of weapon known as an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM.

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — The United States launched a nuclear-capable Minuteman lll "doomsday" missile in a show of force. A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen ...

How Ellsworth airmen in 1964 responded to an unprecedented accident with a Minuteman missile.