(Lido Vizzutti/For The Washington Post)Meister, center right, accepts command of the 12th Missile Squadron from Col. Anita Feugate Opperman, left, commander of the 341st Operations Group. Each LCC controls 10 launch facilities, or nuclear missile silos. Members of the 12th Missile Squadron begin the day’s mission planning at the base. The 12th Missile Squadron is a part of the 341st Missile Wing. (Lido Vizzutti/For The Washington Post)For years, what stood between Meister and a nuclear missile squadron’s top post were questions.

Source: Washington Post September 01, 2018 21:45 UTC