The Air Force is moving quickly to set up a three-star command to oversee its nuclear weapons. The command is set to stand up in September.
Air Force leaders unveiled Global Strike Command as part of a road map to cure the service’s nuclear ills — highlighted over the past two years by the unauthorized transfer of six nuclear warheads and the discovery of a mistaken shipment of ballistic missile nose cones to Taiwan.
The Air Force’s three nuclear missile wings and three nuclear bomb wings will be organized under Global Strike Command in September in the service’s largest organizational shake up since Strategic Air Command was disbanded following the end of the Cold War.
“There is an incredibly rich tradition of operational competency in this mission and our Air Force has done a lot of work to restore our focus on deterrence,” Kowalski said in a news release. “We look forward to laying the foundation needed to stand up Global Strike Command.”
It’s still unclear who will take over for Kowalski in September, as a commander for the official command — a three-star billet — has not been named.
Much over-do reform on the way. This is good news. Hopefully we won't have to hear about US "loose nukes" again.
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