Great Falls, Montana
Malmstrom AFB Crashpad — TDY lodging that feels like home
Looking for a Malmstrom AFB crashpad? Malmstrom sits on the east edge of Great Falls, Montana, and it pulls a steady stream of TDY travelers: missile-wing inspectors, Sentinel program teams, helicopter crews, and RED HORSE engineers. A furnished crashpad priced inside the government rate beats a hotel room off 10th Avenue South, especially when the trip stretches past a week.
Mission
341st Missile Wing — operates, maintains, and secures 150 Minuteman III ICBMs on alert across central Montana for Air Force Global Strike Command
Host units
341st Missile Wing (10th, 12th, and 490th Missile Squadrons) · 341st Security Forces Group · 40th and 550th Helicopter Squadrons (MH-139A Grey Wolf / UH-1N) · 819th RED HORSE Squadron
Commute
From most Great Falls neighborhoods it is a 10-to-15-minute drive to the 10th Avenue North or 2nd Avenue North gates via 10th Avenue South or 2nd Avenue North and the US-87 bypass on the east side of town.
Homes near the gate
Crashpads serving Malmstrom AFB
2 fully furnished properties positioned for the Malmstrom AFB commute.
Why stay in a crashpad near Malmstrom AFB?
Malmstrom is home to the 341st Missile Wing, one of three Minuteman III wings in Air Force Global Strike Command. Roughly 3,250 Airmen keep 150 launch facilities and 15 missile alert facilities on alert around the clock, spread across a missile field the size of a small state, and the wing's rhythm of alert tours, evaluations, and inspections brings a constant flow of visitors. The runway closed in 1996, so nobody flies in; everyone drives from Great Falls International Airport, and with the Sentinel ICBM transition ramping up, contractor and program traffic is climbing. Great Falls is a city of about 60,000 with a limited hotel inventory, and the on-base Malmstrom Inns and Suites has just 83 rooms, so it fills during inspections and summer PCS season. A crashpad gives you a real kitchen, a quiet bedroom, fast Wi-Fi, and a receipt built for DTS, all within a short drive of the 2nd Avenue North gate.
Who we host at Malmstrom AFB
- Missileers and missile maintainers on 20th Air Force and AFGSC evaluations, inspections, and NSI prep
- Sentinel ICBM program engineers, contractors, and site-survey teams
- Helicopter aircrew and maintainers supporting the 40th and 550th HS
- RED HORSE and civil engineer teams staging for deployments and exercises
- Security forces augmentees, inspectors, and staff-assistance visitors from Barksdale and F.E. Warren
Per diem, DTS, and your wallet
Every Malmstrom AFB stay is priced at or below the Great Falls government lodging rate. You'll receive itemized, DTS-ready receipts for your travel voucher — for a typical TDY that means zero out-of-pocket lodging cost. Read the full breakdown in our TDY per diem guide, or run your own numbers: the per diem calculator and the on-base lodging calculator use the same rates DTS does. PCSing here instead? Check BAH for Malmstrom AFB.
Local intel
Malmstrom AFB crashpad FAQs
Is a Malmstrom AFB crashpad reimbursable on TDY orders?
Yes. Check with Malmstrom Inns and Suites (406-731-3394) first; if base lodging is full you receive a non-availability number and can lodge commercially. Great Falls uses the FY2026 standard CONUS rate of $110 lodging plus $68 M&IE, and a crashpad priced at or under that rate with an itemized receipt clears DTS without a lodging exception.
Which Malmstrom gate is open 24 hours?
The 10th Avenue North gate on the US-87 bypass is the 24/7 gate. The 2nd Avenue North main gate, where the Visitor Control Center sits, keeps weekday business hours only. Both gates require a REAL ID or DoD ID, and hours change with FPCON, so confirm on malmstrom.af.mil before a late arrival.
How far is Malmstrom from the Great Falls airport?
About 9 miles. Great Falls International (GTF) sits on the southwest edge of town and the base is on the east edge, so plan on 20 minutes across town on 10th Avenue South. There is no base shuttle, so reserve a rental car before you land.
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