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Hoeven Wants USAF Budget to Fund Updates for LRSO at Minot and Concurrent Upgrades to ICBM Bases for Sentinel

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Hoeven Wants USAF Budget to Fund Updates for LRSO at Minot and Concurrent Upgrades to ICBM Bases for Sentinel
Pictured, left to right, are Acting Air Force Secretary Gary Ashworth; Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.); and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on Tuesday (Office of Sen. John Hoeven)

Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants the U.S. Air Force to ensure that its upcoming fiscal 2026 budget has funds to update Minot AFB, N.D.'s weapons storage for RTX's [RTX] future AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear-tipped cruise missile and ensure that the service upgrades its three ICBM bases concurrently to accommodate the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A cruise missile. Hoeven is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense panel. The three ICBM bases are Minot; Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; and F.E. Warren…

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