A July 21, 2025, memo for Air Power International Strike Command (AFGSC) makes clear all AFGSC personnel are to pause use of Sig Sauer’s M18 pistol.
The M18 is a Sig Sauer P320 variant.
The memo is available in response to an “incident at F.E. Warren AFB.” Personnel are to be armed with M4 rifles as a substitute of the M18 pistol whereas the investigation is ongoing.
Inspections of “all Wing-assigned M18 weapons techniques” will happen throughout the first a part of the investigation, and people inspections shall be carried out by “Fight arms inspectors.”
F.E. Warren AFB reported that “an active-duty Airman assigned to the ninetieth Safety Forces Squadron, ninetieth Missile Wing, died on base whereas on obligation within the early morning [of] July 20, 2025.”
Jason Wright, vp of selling at Sig Sauer, issued a press release to Breitbart Information relating to the Air Power memo, saying, “Our hearts are with the service members and households impacted by the current reported occasion on the F.E. Warren Air Power Base. We now have provided help to the U.S. Army as they examine the incident and stay keen to assist in furtherance of their ongoing investigation.”
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