Whim–Low Stress Day Trips from Minot
Spring in North Dakota is both beautiful and unpredictable. We’ll see high temperatures nearing 70˚ in the same week we get an inch or two of snow. You really never know. And to me, that’s part of the fun. By spring, I’m ready to soak up fresh air, anxiously observe plants peeking up from the […]
A Lot Can Happen…
My schedule is often pretty crazy. This last week in particular had me traveling to Fargo one day and spending an evening at the Peace Garden where CEO Tim Chapman took us inside the conservatory for a late afternoon tour. Years ago, I did a news story with Don Vitko from Minot. Mr. Vitko had […]
Take a staycation this year
My wife and I have been watching a Canadian TV show called Sullivan’s Crossing that airs on CTV Sunday night and on the CW in the United States on Monday night. It’s set in the Maritime province of Nova Scotia and is actually filmed in a suburb of Halifax. Sullivan’s Crossing is a fictional campground […]
91st Missile Maintenance Squadron’s electro-mechanical team powers the mission
Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — It is 30 degrees on a Thursday, April morning, which is generous for the early spring temperatures around Minot Air Force Base. The sky is overcast, a steady wind blows snowflakes across the prairie and the roads are slicked […]
Paper or Plastic? …But It’ll Cost You
That’s five cents for plastic and ten cents for paper. Commissaries worldwide are now charging shoppers to have their fruits, vegetables, meats, breads, and other items bagged during checkout. The change has been difficult for some and barely noticeable for others. What is the purpose behind it, and what does the commissary hope to achieve? […]
General David C. Jones Chapter 135 – 42nd Annual Commander’s Choice Award Winners
Local AFA Leadership Recognized
The David C Jones Chapter 135 is part of the national Air & Space Forces Association. As part of the national association, the local chapters are able to give out national awards to members who deserved to be recognized. On April 9th at the Commander’s Choice Awards event North Dakota State Chairman, Jim Simons, handed […]
Time With the CEO Lt Gen Burt Field (AF Retired)
In reference to Minot Air Force Base Field feels “that this base is going to be important through the turn of the next century, and hopefully there will be B 21’s here eventually replacing the B 52’s. And that your current missiles will be replaced by the new Sentinel.” Field, like many others, feels that […]
Getting To Know Minot Air Force Base
Lt. Gen Burt Field (AF Retired) has an impressive biography that includes over 3,400 hours of flying either an F-16 or and F-22. He has been a wing commander and even served as Commander of U.S. Forces, Japan. Yet in that experience, Burt Field, now CEO of the Air and Space Forces Association, had not […]
5 CES Shout Out: SMSgt Andrew Krueger
After nearly 22 years of active service and multiple PCS’s and deployments, SMSgt Krueger will be retiring on June 1st, 2026. SMSgt Krueger plans to stay in the Minot area until his kids, Zoe and Gabriella graduate high school.