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Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS), formerly called Prompt Global Strike (PGS), is a United States military effort to develop a system that can deliver a precision-guided conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world within one hour, in a similar manner to a nuclear ICBM.
Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, U.S. Gen Thomas A. Bussiere: Develop and provide combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, U.S. Gen Duke Z. Richardson
See: Strategic Air Command for history prior to 2009 Secretary of the United States Air Force Michael Donley discusses the creation of the Global Strike Command. Following the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident when six AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles (ACM), each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded onto a B-52H at Minot AFB and ...
Air Mobility Command (AMC) Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Space Force. Field Commands.
Michael J. Lutton [1] is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who has served as the deputy commander of Air Force Global Strike Command since February 2024. He most recently served as commander of the Twentieth Air Force from 2020 to 2024.
Global Command and Control System (GCCS) is the United States' armed forces DoD joint command and control (C2) system used to provide accurate, complete, and timely information for the operational chain of command for U.S. armed forces. "GCCS" is most often used to refer to the computer system, but actually consists of hardware, software ...
(a) Establishment of Command.— The Secretary of the Air Force, with the advice and assistance of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, shall establish an Air Force Reserve Command. The Air Force Reserve Command shall be operated as a separate command of the Air Force. (b) Commander.— The Chief of Air Force Reserve is the Commander of the Air ...
U.S. Air Force: Air Force Global Strike Command: Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Air National Guard (ANG) Major General Kenneth S. Eaves [88] [a] U.S. Air Force: Air Force Materiel Command: Air Force Materiel Command: Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force ...