Malmstrom Air Force Base News

WASHINGTON - A key Senate panel has approved legislation that would provide more than $17 million to upgrade Malmstrom Air Force Base, U.S. Sens.

A view of the crash site from May 18, 2007, shows the impact of a Snowbird jet. A known problem with the lap belt design on Snowbird jets was the cause of a pilot losing control and crashing during a practice run in 2007, a report released Monday concludes.

Capt. Shawn McCaughey, 31, of Candiac, Que., died on May 18, 2007, when the CT-114 Tutor jet he was piloting crashed during a rehearsal for an airshow.

A Canadian Forces team was to arrive in Montana Saturday to investigate a crash that took the life of a member of the Snowbirds aerial demonstration team.

This week we've been showing you the details behind the test fire of an unarmed minuteman-three missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Nearly 65 years after World War II ended, Nathaniel 'Babe' Stefani is still interested in protecting national security.

Ahead of the holiday weekend airmen at Malmstrom Air Force Base are getting a powerful message about driving under the influence.

Airman 1st Class Joshua Roatch and Staff Sgt. Matthew Meade, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron, prepare to head out to a Malmstrom missile alert facility June 22.

Malmstrom Air Force Base could add 170 jobs as part of an Air Force realignment proposal.

Major news out of Malmstrom Air Force Base tonight. The Air Force is looking to add some 170 jobs to the Great Falls area.

Thanks in part to a change in federal rules, the door to solving long-standing erosion problems in Whitmore Ravine northeast of Great Falls finally is open.

As the flag at Overlook Park was hoisted into the sky Sunday morning, Josiah Shirley stood with his left hand firmly pointed to his left temple - a salute to Old Glory.

Today is National Get Outdoors Day and that means bad news for weeds. About 50 men and women with green thumbs participated in the 2nd annual Weed Pull at Giant Springs State Park.

A plan to put a stop to sediment pollution of the Missouri River at eroding Whitmore Ravine on the east edge of Great Falls was signed Tuesday by U.S. Air Force and local conservation officials.

The Air Force on Thursday dropped plans to build a coal-to-liquid plant to produce fuel for its aircraft, a plan that would've reduced dependence on oil but increased the emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause global warming.

The fire departments at Malmstrom Air Force Base and the Montana Air National Guard were honored Monday for the aid they provide for local rural fire departments during emergencies.

A bomb threat shut down the 15th Street Bridge for nearly three hours Saturday. The threat was called in and received by Great Falls Police Sgt.

Organ music resonates inside the restored St. Ann's Catholic Cathedral in Great Falls.

The Minot Air Force Base is getting a nuclear weapons maintenance unit with about a dozen people, starting this summer.

Marty Martinez knew 46 years ago that Montana's terrain makes it practically impossible to provide wireless communication everywhere in the state.