Air Force fires Sentinel ICBM director

By Shelley K. Mesch / June 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM
The Air Force fired the director of its Sentinel nuclear missile program due to a "loss of confidence," a service spokeswoman said today, as the program faces a review for critical cost breaches. “He was removed because he did not follow organizational procedures,” spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said in an email. “This removal action is not directly related to the Nunn-McCurdy review.” The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center removed manager Col. Charles Clegg yesterday, Stefanek said. He had been the program...

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