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First Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo

First Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of visitors to an underground launch control center at Missile Alert Facility A-01 near Albin, Wyo. on Jan. 21--visitors including are Air Force Gen. Dale White, critical major weapon systems director; Air Force Secretary Troy Meink; Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew Gebara, deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration; and Air Force Col. Terrance Holmes, the commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.

The Air Force is to start construction this month of a prototype silo for the Sentinel LGM-35A future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC] in advance of a planned Pentagon engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) re-certification decision on the ballistic missile this year and a first pad-launched flight test next year, the service said on Tuesday. In February, "teams will break ground on a prototype launch silo at Northrop Grumman’s Promontory, Utah, site," the service said. "This crucial effort will allow…

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