North Dakota Delegation Represented at Minuteman III Launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base
Minot Area Chamber EDC (MACEDC) Task Force 21 led a delegation of North Dakota officials on a strategic military engagement with Minot Air Force Base (MAFB) and Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) to the 377 Test and Evaluation Group at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The visit included mission briefs, meeting with military leadership, […]
Senate confirms Allvin to be Air Force’s 23rd chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AFNS) —The U.S. Senate confirmed Gen. David W. Allvin Nov. 2 to be the 23rd Air Force chief of staff, partially breaking through a blockade on all military confirmations to install the decorated commander, strategist and pilot as the service’s highest-ranking officer and uniformed leader.The vote was 95 to 1. Speaking moments after his […]
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Technology is great…when it works! Whether it’s old or new, a vehicle, building, equipment, or tool, the object will not function properly unless all the parts are doing their job. People are needed to maintain technology and they are required to plan, prepare, and execute a given vision. Two years from now, the final preparations […]
The Wallet
It was born in upstate New York, lived half its life there, the other half in Florida and died in Minot, North Dakota!!What did you ask? My wallet. I had been aware of its severe state of decline for some time and tried to replace it for at least 4 months prior to its ultimate […]
Minuteman III test provides vital data before termination
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. —Space Launch Delta 30 safely terminated an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean at 12:06 a.m. Pacific Time Nov. 1, due to an anomaly during a test launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.An anomaly is any unexpected event during the test. Since anomalies may arise […]
Veterans Remembrance Short Funding
Rosehill Memorial Cemetery, in Minot, is physically set to receive over one thousand wreaths to remember veterans this fall, however, nearly four hundred wreaths still require sponsorship as of Monday. Volunteers from community organizations, including the Magic City Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, staked in 650 holders last month to place wreaths at gravesites in […]