Malmstrom AFB, Military Base

A member of the 341st Security Forces Group practices a launch facility recapture during Global Thunder 19, Oct. 30, 2018, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. — A member of the 341st Security Forces Group practices a launch facility recapture during Global Thunder 19, Oct. 30, 2018, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. U.S. Strategic Command headquarters staff, components, and subordinate units participate in Global Thunder to test readiness and ensure a safe, secure, ready and reliable strategic deterrent force. Large-scale exercises of this nature involve extensive planning and coordination and provide unique training for assigned units and allies so they are ready and prepared to execute orders globally wherever and whenever needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Beau Wade)

Currently Malmstrom is home to 150 Minuteman III ICBMs, 50 in each of 3 squadrons, the 10th, the 12th, and the 490th. A detailed life extension program is under way to keep the missiles safe, secure, and reliable well into the 21st Century.

Since the first B-17 landed here, Malmstrom has had a variety of missions. The first Minuteman ICBM arrived on base by rail July 23, 1962. Later that year the missiles assigned to the nations first Minuteman ICBM wing would play a major role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Malmstrom Air Force Base Information

Condition: Operational
Years in Use: 1942 – present
Controlled by: Air Force Global Strike Command
Current Commander: Colonel Daniel Voorhies
Garrison: 341st Missile Wing
Base Occupants: 341st Missile Wing, 120th Airlift Wing, Fifteenth Air Force
Open to the Public: No