OFFUTT AFB, Neb. — Units from Minot Air Force Base are participating in an annual U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) nuclear readiness exercise.

USSTRATCOM, with headquarters at Offutt AFB, Neb., announced on Monday that the exercise had commenced.

Global Thunder 22 (GT22) provides training opportunities that exercise all USSTRATCOM mission areas, with a specific focus on nuclear readiness. GT22 will include the headquarters staff, USSTRATCOM components and subordinate units, such as Minot AFB’s 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing, to enhance readiness and ensure a safe, secure, ready and reliable strategic deterrent force.

Global Thunder 22 also involves key allied personnel and partners. Allied personnel integrate into senior leadership teams and work across a broad spectrum of areas offering policy support and operational insight.

USSTRATCOM has global responsibilities assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, global strike, missile defense, and analysis and targeting.