F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. -- U.S. Air Force General Thomas A. Bussiere, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, will activate Sentinel Site Activation Task Force, Detachment 10 during a ceremony at 2:10 p.m., April 3, 2025, at the Trails End Event Center at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.
Mr. Stephen Kravitsky will lead Sentinel SATAF Detachment 10. As SATAF lead, Kravitsky will manage ongoing military construction of key facilities essential to the Sentinel program. F.E. Warren AFB will host one of four SATAF detachments, with others at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California; Malmstrom AFB, Montana; and Minot AFB, North Dakota.
SATAFs were initiated by Gen. Curtis LeMay, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, during the construction of missile fields in 1960 to better manage the challenges revealed from activating ICBM sites across the entire enterprise. Installing SATAF commanders at each ICBM installation drastically improved the ICBM site activation process for Atlas, Titan, and Minuteman sites, and it is intended to do the same for Sentinel.
The Sentinel program is one of the largest and most complex programs the Air Force has ever undertaken. It is unique in size and scope, with no recent comparisons. The last major recapitalization of U.S. nuclear forces occurred in the 1980s. Ensuring continued operational availability of the Minuteman III weapon system will require increased Department of the Air Force resources, including maintenance and support, since legacy systems require more labor, and are more time-intensive and costly to sustain.
Who: Air Force Global Strike Command
What: Site Activation Task Force activation ceremony
Where: Trail’s End Event Center, F.E. Warren Air Force Base
When: 10 a.m., April 3, 2025
Media representatives is invited to cover this event, and all media members interested in covering this event will need to RSVP by March 19, 2025.
For additional information, please contact the F.E. Warren Public Affairs Office at the contact information below.
Media Contact:
Glenn S. Robertson
Chief of Media Relations, 90th Missile Wing
Phone: 307-773-3471
Email: glenn.robertson@us.af.mil