The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is the nuclear-focused center within Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) synchronizing all aspects of nuclear materiel management on behalf of the AFMC commander in direct support of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).
Headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, the center has about 1,300 personnel assigned at 18 locations worldwide and consists of four major execution directorates: Air Delivered Capabilities; Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems; Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Integration; and Nuclear Technology and Integration. It also has several functional directorates, such as Financial Management, Contracting, etc. Its commander is dual-hatted as the Air Force Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Strategic Systems.
