OFFUTT AFB, Neb. — Global Thunder 22 (GT22) provides training opportunities that exercise all U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) mission areas, with a specific focus on nuclear readiness. GT22 will include the headquarters staff, USSTRATCOM components and subordinate units, such as Minot Air Force Base’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, with its headquarters at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, announced today the exercise had commenced.

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