Tactical Response Force | Bearcat

791st Missile Security Forces Squadron Tactical Response Force Airmen travel in a convoy of Bearcat armoured vehicles.

The Tactical Response Force guards the Air Force's nuclear weapons, including Intercontinnental Ballistic Missile (ICMB) silos and launch facilities. Their role includes security patrols, the guarding and recapture of facilties and nuclear weapons and providing security convoys for when weapons are moved on the ground.

The Lenco Bearcat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck) is an armoured vehicle used by military and police forces. It is designed to to protect against small arms fire up to and including .5 caliber. It is also protected against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives (CBRNE).