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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Air Force improves nuclear force manpower levelsPublished Aug. 7, 2014
                    
                    By Maj. Eric Badger
                    
                    
                    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
            **WASHINGTON (AFNS) --**The Air Force will increase nuclear force manning at Air Force Global Strike Command missile and bomber wings beginning this fall, officials announced Aug. 7.
The Air Force will plus-up nuclear enterprise manning levels by hundreds of positions at select bases, with the first wave of Airmen expected to arrive through the next few assignment cycles.  
As outlined by Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, the manning plus-up is part of a broader series of measures and incentives designed to improve the culture and mission effectiveness of the service’s nuclear force. 
“We’ve been saying that the nuclear enterprise is the number one mission, and the Air Force is putting its money where its mouth is,” James said. “We must show Airmen that there’s value in this mission by making the appropriate investments in people, weapon systems and infrastructure. The Air Force has worked and will continue to work to identify and rearrange funds to make important improvements within our missile and bomber forces.”
The wholesale changes being made in the nuclear enterprise are designed to empower Airmen, and ensure they have the resources they need for this priority mission, said Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command. 
“We have great Airmen serving on our team and we owe it to them to make things better,” he said. “It’s important to recognize that we are just at the beginning of this process. Raising manning levels is one in a series of immediate changes.”
The increase in nuclear force manpower by installation is as follows:**Barksdale AFB, Louisiana:**The 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB will gain 31 positions, filling jobs primarily in areas such as maintenance and munitions.  **F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming:** The 90th Missile Wing and 20th Air Force will gain 242 positions to improve manning primarily in the operations, maintenance and security forces career fields.**Malmstrom AFB, Montana:** The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB will gain 216 positions to improve manning primarily in the operations, maintenance and security forces career fields.**Minot AFB, North Dakota:** Minot AFB will gain 303 positions.  The 5th Bomb Wing host unit is expected to increase by 69 positions in areas including operations and maintenance.  The 91st Missile Wing will grow by 234 positions.  Those Airmen will primarily serve in jobs such as operations, maintenance and security forces.**Whiteman AFB, Missouri:**The 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB will gain 56 positions, primarily filling jobs in the maintenance career field.F.E. Warren AFB 



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