CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An intercontinental ballistic missile force based in southeastern Wyoming has a new commander.

Col. Catherine Barrrington took command of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne in a ceremony Monday (June 28).

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Barrington took over from Col. Peter Bonetti, who was base commander for two years. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports Barrington began her career as a missileer at the base in 1997.

This is her third assignment to F.E. Warren, which oversees 150 Minuteman missiles in silos in Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado.

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