Well, this is big — and ugly. The U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command (AFGSC) just slammed the brakes on using the M18 pistol — the military’s compact version of the Sig Sauer P320 — after a tragic fatal incident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. Let’s underline that: we’re talking about a service-wide pause on the sidearm that’s supposed to be trusted by America’s nuclear-security forces. That doesn’t happen unless there’s a serious problem.
And here’s the kicker: this comes just days after a bombshell FBI report — one that Sig Sauer hates with a fiery passion — added fuel to the long-standing accusation that P320-series pistols can fire without their triggers being pulled. ICE saw that report and said “nope,” banning the P320 for its officers. Now the Air Force is following suit with its own cautionary move.
According to AFGSC spokesperson Charles “Moose” Hoffman, the July 20th death of a Security Forces Airman prompted the immediate stand-down. The leaked memo from AFGSC Commander Gen. Thomas Bussiere confirms it: no more M18s until the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Safety Office finish their work. In the meantime, Security Forces will carry M4 rifles. That’s how serious this is — they’re sidelining the pistol entirely.
The P320. It ends today. pic.twitter.com/bZZMXGKK1v
— SIG SAUER (@sigsauerinc) March 7, 2025
And the story just keeps getting stranger. Unconfirmed reports floating around suggest the Airman’s M18 discharged while still in its holster — and on a table. That’s eerily similar to a 2023 Michigan State Police case, where an M18 allegedly went off uncommanded in its holster. That incident sparked the FBI’s deep-dive testing that raised serious questions about the P320’s striker safety system.
Sig Sauer, of course, is in full damage-control mode. They’ve rejected the FBI’s methods, claimed that the bureau couldn’t reproduce their own scary results under new protocols, and continue to insist the P320 “cannot fire without the trigger being pulled.” Yet… here we are.
And it’s not just the Air Force. Police departments from Philly to Milwaukee have pulled these guns. Juries are siding with plaintiffs who say their P320s discharged without warning — with multimillion-dollar verdicts against Sig. The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission banned the gun after an incident injured two people. ICE is replacing its 19,000 pistols.
This is no longer a fringe debate. It’s a cascade.
The Army hasn’t blinked yet — it’s still standing by the M17 and M18, and that’s significant. But after this death? After the lawsuits? After the bans? You’ve got to wonder how long that position can hold.
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