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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center.png/200px-Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center.png/300px-Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center.png/400px-Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center.png 2x" data-file-width="1821" data-file-height="1798" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center emblem</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1946-1976<br />2006 – present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Nuclear Experts</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Combat Support</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">Center</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Never Doubted, Always Feared"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Organizational_Excellence_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Organizational_Excellence_ribbon.svg/106px-Organizational_Excellence_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Organizational_Excellence_ribbon.svg/159px-Organizational_Excellence_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Organizational_Excellence_ribbon.svg/212px-Organizational_Excellence_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Organizational_Excellence_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Organizational Excellence Award">AFOEA</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Maj Gen <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._Newberry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John P. Newberry (page does not exist)">John P. Newberry</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special_Weapons_Command_-_Emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Special_Weapons_Command_-_Emblem.png/200px-Special_Weapons_Command_-_Emblem.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Special_Weapons_Command_-_Emblem.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="291" /></a><figcaption>Emblem of the USAF Special Weapons Command (1949-1952)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Special_Weapons_Center_-_Emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Air_Force_Special_Weapons_Center_-_Emblem.png/200px-Air_Force_Special_Weapons_Center_-_Emblem.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Air_Force_Special_Weapons_Center_-_Emblem.png/300px-Air_Force_Special_Weapons_Center_-_Emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Air_Force_Special_Weapons_Center_-_Emblem.png/400px-Air_Force_Special_Weapons_Center_-_Emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="525" /></a><figcaption>Emblem of the USAF Special Weapons Center</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center</b> (<b>AFNWC</b>) is a USAF Named Unit, assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a>, New Mexico. The AFNWC operates at the Center level of the AFMC. It is currently under the command of Major General John P. Newberry. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Established on 31 March 2006, the <b>Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center</b> (AFNWC) is <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a>'s (AFMC) center of expertise for <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapon</a> systems. The AFNWC is the single AFMC voice for integrating nuclear weapon systems requirements and nuclear weapon system resource management.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origin of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center began during the post-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a>, which was designed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> from the outset to be a temporary organization to produce a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapon</a>. With the end of the war, the establishment of the "Z Division" at <a href="/wiki/Sandia_Base" title="Sandia Base">Sandia Base</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/Sandia_National_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandia National Laboratory">Sandia National Laboratory</a> led to the creation of a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> organization to coordinate military activities with the civilian research organization in 1946. On 18 September 1947, President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> signed the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a>, separating the Army Air Forces from the Army by creating the independent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. The newly formed Air Force began assuming activities with nuclear research laboratories as <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> tensions with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> were rising. </p><p>Initially part of <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Materiel_Command" title="Air Materiel Command">Air Materiel Command</a>, the center was established as the <b>Air Force Special Weapons Command</b> as a Major Command of the United States Air Force on 1 December 1949. It was equal to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>. It assumed all functions of the World War II Atomic Tactical and Technical Liaison Committees, its mission was to provide an organization for the development and testing of <a href="/wiki/Atomic_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Atomic weapon">atomic weapons</a>. The nucleus of this organization was composed of the pioneering Air Force agencies which had located there to determine future employment of nuclear weapons. </p><p>The SWC was headquartered at Kirtland AFB. The mission was to provide an organization for development testing of special weapons, including atomic, biological, and chemical weapons, and to increase the efficiency of airborne vehicles to carry these weapons. As a result, the responsibility for biological-chemical warfare research was moved from <a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright-Patterson AFB">Wright-Patterson AFB</a> to the SWC at Kirtland. The SWC assumed all the functions of the old USAF Field Office for Atomic Energy [TandTLC] and employed personnel who were transferred from that office to form the cadre of the HQ, SWC. The command was also directed to provide personnel and equipment for development and proof testing of aircraft equipment and ground handling appurtenance to special weapons. Shortly after it was established, the SWC took over the host responsibilities for Kirtland from Air Materiel Command.<sup id="cite_ref-kafbhist_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kafbhist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SWC served as the primary source for scientific and technical information on special weapons development. To accomplish its mission, SWC redesignated numerous units that had been under the USAF Field Office of Atomic Energy with no change in station. SWC units at Kirtland in 1951 were:<sup id="cite_ref-kafbhist_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kafbhist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>4901st Special Weapons (later Support) Wing (Atomic)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4925th_Test_Group" title="4925th Test Group">4925th Special Weapons (later Test) Group</a> (Atomic)</li> <li>4905th Maintenance and Supply Group</li> <li>4910th Air Base Group</li></ul> <p>It appears that the 4901st Special Weapons Wing had administrative control over the groups, with the 4905th Maintenance and Supply Group and the 4910th Air Base Group serving as support and the base host, respectively, while the <a href="/wiki/4925th_Special_Weapons_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4925th Special Weapons Group">4925th Special Weapons Group</a> was the group actively involved with atomic testing.<sup id="cite_ref-kafbhist_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kafbhist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1950, President Truman directed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission" title="United States Atomic Energy Commission">Atomic Energy Commission</a> to emphasize thermonuclear research, with the prime objective to become operational in delivering hydrogen bombs. The primary USAF group to work on this mission was the 4925th Special Weapons Group. The 4925th Special Weapons Group was a mix of elite U.S. airmen and support personnel tasked with testing all aircraft in the USAF inventory for nuclear weapons delivery capability. The top bomber and fighter pilots in the USAF and expert support personnel were transferred to the 4925th Special Weapons Group. In July 1951, the 4925th Special Weapons Group was redesignated the <a href="/wiki/4925th_Test_Group" title="4925th Test Group">4925th Test Group</a> (Atomic) and continued for 11 years as an important component of Kirtland 's nuclear responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-kafbhist_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kafbhist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SWC's responsibilities expanded in July 1951 to include monitoring the Military Weapons Effects Program, the ongoing series of full-scale nuclear tests, and exercising overall control over participating USAF personnel. The 4930th Test Support Group was "a holding cadre for USAF participating personnel of overseas nuclear testing Joint Task Forces".<sup id="cite_ref-kafbhist_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kafbhist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The command was redesignated the Air Force Special Weapons Center (AFSWC) and assigned to <a href="/wiki/Air_Research_and_Development_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Research and Development Command">Air Research and Development Command</a> on 1 April 1952, losing major command status and became a subordinate unit of the Air Research and Development Command. </p><p>As the AFSWC, it became one of the distinct research and development centers within the command. Its mission was to ensure the atomic capability of aircraft and missiles. During the 1950s, assigned personnel and aircraft participated in atmospheric nuclear tests in <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Proving_Grounds" title="Pacific Proving Grounds">Pacific Proving Grounds</a>. The first Air Force scientific capabilities at the base were created during the mid-1950s. Biophysicists deliberately flew aircraft through nuclear clouds to determine radiation hazards. Engineers also launched sounding rockets so physicists could study the effects of high-altitude nuclear explosions and the nature of the recently discovered <a href="/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt" title="Van Allen radiation belt">Van Allen radiation belts</a> around the Earth. </p><p>From the early years of <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the need to test and evaluate supersonic aircraft technologies, associated munitions, and eventually space systems, required the Air Force to build specialized ground test facilities. As nuclear weapons and electronics became more a part of air power, two new locations for Test and Evaluation (T&E) were created. The Special Weapons Center (SWC) at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico concentrated on the technologies supporting nuclear weapons development. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hanscom_Air_Force_Base" title="Hanscom Air Force Base">Hanscom Air Force Base</a>, Massachusetts concentrated on new levels of sophistication in electronics and avionics development. However, both locations were closed for testing in the late 1970s because the Air Force felt that limited Research and Development funds were better spent on technology than on infrastructure. </p><p>One aspect of the testing environment involves the features a particular location might offer that could help (or hinder) testing of weapons such as supersonic aircraft technologies, associated munitions, and space systems. For example, the Special Weapons Center was established at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico because of the concentration of technologies and industries supporting nuclear weapons development in the region. </p><p>In 1958 Special Weapons Center scientists began to simulate the effects of nuclear explosions in order to strengthen US missiles, missile sites and aircraft against possible enemy attack. It was in 1958 that a nuclear effects simulator was first constructed in an abandoned dining hall at Kirtland. </p><p>In the wake of the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty" title="Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty">Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty</a> in 1963, the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Weapons_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Weapons Laboratory">Air Force Weapons Laboratory</a> (AFWL) was created from the Research Directorate elements of the Special Weapons Center. The Special Weapons Center gave up much of its research and development work to the newly created <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Weapons_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Weapons Laboratory">Air Force Weapons Laboratory</a>. The Center continued with its test and evaluation mission and as Kirtland's host organization. The Weapons Laboratory built facilities during the 1960s to simulate nuclear effects such as transient radiation, <a href="/wiki/X-rays" class="mw-redirect" title="X-rays">X-rays</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse" title="Nuclear electromagnetic pulse">electromagnetic pulse</a> (EMP). </p><p>The Special Weapons Center took over management of <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Force Systems Command</a>'s test and evaluation facilities at <a href="/wiki/Holloman_Air_Force_Base" title="Holloman Air Force Base">Holloman Air Force Base</a> near Alamogordo, New Mexico, during the summer of 1970. And, just one year later on 1 July 1971, Kirtland merged with Manzano and <a href="/wiki/Sandia_Base" title="Sandia Base">Sandia Base</a>, its neighbors to the east, creating the sprawling military complex known as Kirtland Air Force Base. The center then began providing base support services and continued to do so for the next five years, while Field Command, <a href="/wiki/Defense_Nuclear_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Nuclear Agency">Defense Nuclear Agency</a>, became a major base tenant rather than the base host organization. </p><p>Because of budget restrictions and the need to save money, the Air Force Special Weapons Center was disestablished on 1 April 1976. In 1976 AFSWC was closed and OPR functions came to the AFWL. Special Weapons Center's responsibilities as Kirtland's "landlord" were also transferred to the Air Force Contract Management Division on the same day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twenty-first_century">Twenty-first century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Twenty-first century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 31 March 2006, the Air Force reactivated the unit as the Nuclear Weapons Center, combining oversight of nuclear weapons under a single organization. In 2008, the Nuclear Weapons Center was redesignated the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. </p><p>The Nuclear Weapons Center, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems Directorate at Hill AFB, Utah provides technical support to Simulated Electronic Launch Minuteman (SELM) tests. The tests verify the reliability of the <a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30 Minuteman</a> intercontinental ballistic missile. SELM replaces key components at the <a href="/wiki/Launch_control_center_(ICBM)" class="mw-redirect" title="Launch control center (ICBM)">Launch Control Center</a> to allow a physical "keyturn" by <a href="/wiki/Missile_combat_crew" title="Missile combat crew">missile combat crew</a> members. This test allows end-to-end verification in the ICBM launch process. </p><p>The information obtained from tests provide a complete assessment of the weapon systems for <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</a> (AFGSC).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Back in the 1970s, the <a href="/wiki/44th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Strategic Missile Wing">44th Strategic Missile Wing</a> hosted "Giant Pace Test 74-1," the first SELM exercise. Eleven sorties underwent successful simulated launch from LCC and ALCS.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an effort to simplify nuclear sustainment and acquisition, the Nuclear Weapons Center was reorganized again in 2015. The <a href="/wiki/377th_Air_Base_Wing" title="377th Air Base Wing">377th Air Base Wing</a> was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</a> and maintenance activities in Europe to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_-_Air_Forces_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa">United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa</a> effective 1 October 2015. At that time, the AFNWC commander became dual-hatted as the Program Executive Officer for Strategic Systems aligning the sustainment activities previously handled by the center with the acquisition functions handled by the Program Executive Officer.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lineage">Lineage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Established as: <b>428th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Flight Test) (later: Special)</b> and activated, 1 February 1946</li></ul> <dl><dd>Re-designated as: <b>2758th Air Force Base Unit</b>, 28 August 1948</dd> <dd>Re-designated as: <b>2758th Experimental Wing</b>, 1 June 1949</dd></dl> <ul><li>Established as the <b>Special Weapons Command</b> (a USAF Major Command), and activated on 1 December 1949</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>2758th Experimental Wing becoming subordinate unit</dd></dl></dd> <dd>Re-designated: <b>Air Force Special Weapons Center</b> (lost Major Command status) on 1 April 1952</dd> <dd>Inactivated on: 1 April 1976</dd></dl> <ul><li>Re-designated: <b>Nuclear Weapons Center</b> on 14 February 2006</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on: 31 March 2006</dd> <dd>Re-designated: <b>Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center</b> on 29 February 2008</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/377th_Air_Base_Wing" title="377th Air Base Wing">377th Air Base Wing</a>, 31 March 2006 – 30 September 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/498th_Nuclear_Systems_Wing" title="498th Nuclear Systems Wing">498th Nuclear Systems Wing</a>, 31 March 2006 – 27 January 2012<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2758th Experimental Wing, 1 December 1949</li></ul> <dl><dd>Re-designated: 4901st Special Weapons Wing, 1 December 1949</dd> <dd>Re-designated: 4901st Support Wing (Atomic), 1 July 1951</dd> <dd>Re-designated: 4900th Air Base Group (later Wing), 1 April 1952 – 1 April 1976</dd></dl> <ul><li>4910th Air Base Group, 1 December 1949 – 1 May 1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4925th_Special_Weapons_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4925th Special Weapons Group">4925th Special Weapons Group</a>, 1 December 1949</li></ul> <dl><dd>Re-designated: 4925th Test Group, 1 July 1951 – 31 August 1961</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4950th_Test_Group" title="4950th Test Group">4950th Test Group</a> (Nuclear), 1 September 1956 – 16 August 1961</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/58th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="58th Bombardment Wing">58th Bombardment Wing</a>, 1 February-1 December 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a>, 1 December 1946</li> <li>USAF Field Office of Atomic Energy, 28 August 1948</li> <li>Headquarters <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, 1 Dec 1949</li> <li>Air Research and Development (later, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Force Systems</a>) Command, 1 Apr 1952 – 1 Apr 1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a>, 31 Mar 2006 – present</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a>, New Mexico, 1 February 1946 – 1 April 1976; 31 March 2006 – Present</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_commanders">List of commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Term length </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col_Terrence_A._Feehan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Terrence Feehan[7]"><img alt="Terrence Feehan[7]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Col_Terrence_A._Feehan.jpg/100px-Col_Terrence_A._Feehan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Col_Terrence_A._Feehan.jpg/150px-Col_Terrence_A._Feehan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Col_Terrence_A._Feehan.jpg/200px-Col_Terrence_A._Feehan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Colonel<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Terrence_Feehan" title="Terrence Feehan">Terrence Feehan</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7002640000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 275 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Everett_H._Thomas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Everett Thomas[8]"><img alt="Everett Thomas[8]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Brig_Gen_Everett_H._Thomas.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Everett_H._Thomas.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Brig_Gen_Everett_H._Thomas.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Everett_H._Thomas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Brig_Gen_Everett_H._Thomas.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Everett_H._Thomas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Everett_Thomas" class="mw-redirect" title="Everett Thomas">Everett Thomas</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 January 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">~<span data-sort-value="7003102400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 294 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj._Gen._Garrett_Harencak.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Garrett Harencak[9]"><img alt="Garrett Harencak[9]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Maj._Gen._Garrett_Harencak.jpg/100px-Maj._Gen._Garrett_Harencak.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Maj._Gen._Garrett_Harencak.jpg/150px-Maj._Gen._Garrett_Harencak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Maj._Gen._Garrett_Harencak.jpg/200px-Maj._Gen._Garrett_Harencak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="340" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Harencak" title="Garrett Harencak">Garrett Harencak</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 January 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 February 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002748000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 17 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Finan_as_MG.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sandra Finan[10]"><img alt="Sandra Finan[10]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Finan_as_MG.jpg/100px-Finan_as_MG.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Finan_as_MG.jpg/150px-Finan_as_MG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Finan_as_MG.jpg/200px-Finan_as_MG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Finan" title="Sandra Finan">Sandra Finan</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 February 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 October 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002966000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 236 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Scott_W._Jansson_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scott Jansson[11]"><img alt="Scott Jansson[11]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Maj_Gen_Scott_W._Jansson_%282%29.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Scott_W._Jansson_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Maj_Gen_Scott_W._Jansson_%282%29.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Scott_W._Jansson_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Maj_Gen_Scott_W._Jansson_%282%29.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Scott_W._Jansson_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Jansson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott Jansson (page does not exist)">Scott Jansson</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 October 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 October 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002735000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 4 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaun_Q._Morris.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shaun Morris"><img alt="Shaun Morris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Shaun_Q._Morris.jpg/100px-Shaun_Q._Morris.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Shaun_Q._Morris.jpg/150px-Shaun_Q._Morris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Shaun_Q._Morris.jpg/200px-Shaun_Q._Morris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Morris" title="Shaun Morris">Shaun Morris</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 October 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 July 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003102400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 294 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Anthony_W._Genatempo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Anthony Genatempo"><img alt="Anthony Genatempo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maj_Gen_Anthony_W._Genatempo.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Anthony_W._Genatempo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maj_Gen_Anthony_W._Genatempo.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Anthony_W._Genatempo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Maj_Gen_Anthony_W._Genatempo.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Anthony_W._Genatempo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3447" data-file-height="4309" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Genatempo" title="Anthony Genatempo">Anthony Genatempo</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 July 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 June 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002695000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 330 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_John_P._Newberry_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John P. Newberry[12]"><img alt="John P. Newberry[12]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Maj_Gen_John_P._Newberry_%282%29.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_John_P._Newberry_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Maj_Gen_John_P._Newberry_%282%29.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_John_P._Newberry_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Maj_Gen_John_P._Newberry_%282%29.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_John_P._Newberry_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="4250" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_P._Newberry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John P. Newberry (page does not exist)">John P. Newberry</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 June 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002885000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 154 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Nuclear_Weapons_Center&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simulated_Electronic_Launch_Peacekeeper" title="Simulated Electronic Launch Peacekeeper">Simulated Electronic Launch Peacekeeper</a> 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