Global Strike Command Realigns Funding Responsibilities

Air Force Global Strike Command on Oct. 1 started the ICBM Parts Centralized Funding Program, shifting responsibility for missile system purchases away from the 20th Air Force, while aligning it with the overarching command, according to an Oct. 3 command press release. Previously, heads of the 20th Air Force’s 90th, 341st and 91st missile wings at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., Malmstrom AFB, Mont., and Minot AFB, N.D., respectively, managed nuclear missile part procurements. "What happened before was that wings had to choose between whether or not to buy a missile part or buy something to support their people. That is a choice a wing commander shouldn’t have to make,” the release quoted Daryle Fry, command ICBM program analyst, as saying. "As of Oct. 1, a technician can go into supply and ask to order a part without being concerned about funding. The wing orders the parts they need, and the bill gets sent to [the command]. Wing commanders can focus more on their people and support structure and 20th Air Force won’t have to worry about advocating to command to find funding for parts."

 

The release states that Fry expects the command to oversee the ICBM program for about a year, after which the financial authority will ascend to Headquarters Air Force and ICBMs will be funded similarly to the service’s other weapon systems.