The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are reportedly involved in the command-wide investigation.
The command said in a statement:
"During a standard weapons inventory at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota on 16 May, a M-240 7.62 caliber weapon was discovered missing. The 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing immediately began a search of their weapons inventories and opened an investigation with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. This investigation is ongoing, and more information will be provided as it becomes available."
"Air Force Global Strike Command takes the safety and security of our installations, our Airmen and the public very seriously. In the interest of safety and accountability, AFGSC leadership has directed an immediate command-wide weapons inventory."A box of 32 grenades for an automatic grenade launcher apparently fell off the back of moving military vehicle also from Minot and cash rewards were offered for every piece of grenade found and returned.
More than 30,00 personnel are assigned to the command.
In 2007, six nuclear warheads on cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from Minot, North Dakota to Barksdale, Louisiana prompting a major investigation and disciplinary action. The crew was unaware they had nuclear weapons on board.
In 2016, more than a dozen airmen at Global Strike Command's F.E. Warren base in Wyoming were investigated for alleged illegal drug use. Several of the personnel at the time held jobs involving nuclear weapons security.
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