Minot community awarded for outstanding support to air base
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — After months of competition across the command, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) honored the “Best of the Best” in bombers, ICBMs, helicopters, maintenance and security forces during the November 8 scoreposting event. During this “Best of the Best” event, another equally-important […]
Team Minot Holiday
Team Minot leadership wishes you the happiest of holiday seasons! Join Team Minot in celebrating the holiday season downtown, but first, a little more about them. Colonel Daniel Hoadley is commander of the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base. He ensures the wing’s combat readiness and is responsible for operations involving the wing’s fleet […]
New Sentinel ICBM ‘Struggling’ Due to Complexity, Kendall Says
The LGM-35A Sentinel program to replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is “struggling” due to the breadth of its scope and the fact that it has been so long since the Air Force has done a wholesale ICBM replacement—making cost estimation iffy—Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Nov. 13. Speaking at the Center for […]
Kicking Off the Holidays: Downtown Open House
Are you ready to begin the most Wonderful Time of Year? Downtown Minot is not wasting a single minute of the Holiday Season by hosting a magnificent celebration on the first official day of the Christmas Season -otherwise known as Black Friday- the day after Thanksgiving. November 24 this year will be one for the […]
‘We Honor Veterans’ Giving Special Recognition For Service
Those who have spent time in the military or worked for the Defense Department, know what a challenge coin is. They’ve been an American military tradition for a century, meant to instill unit pride and reward hard work and excellence. The coins are not large, usually small enough to fit in the palm of an […]
Music of the Holidays
The Brass Band of Minot is getting in the holiday mood with a concert titled “the Music of the Holidays” on Sunday, November 20th at 4:00 PM at Minot State University’s Anne Nicole Nelson Hall. The Brass Band of Minot is North Dakota’s only British-style brass band and provides audiences with the opportunity to experience […]
Growing, Growing, Gone. Time to Say Farewell to the Tiger Cubs
A little over a year and a half ago, the Roosevelt Park Zoo welcomed three striped, little bundles of joy. The Zoo happily announced the birth of the three tiger cubs in March 2022. The three cubs, Viktoria, Luka, and Dmitri are nearly grown now and will soon be headed out into the world. The […]
AFGSC names 2023 Global Strike Challenge winners
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. —Air Force Global Strike Command announced the winners of Global Strike Challenge 2023 at the multi-month competition’s capstone event Nov. 8. Global Strike Challenge is the world’s premier bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile operations and maintenance, helicopter operations and security forces competition with units from Air Force Global Strike Command, […]
A North Dakota Tradition
Deer hunting is one of North Dakota’s most long-lasting traditions. Every November is marked by thousands of hunters taking to the hills and coulees and other favored terrain in search of deer. However, for many, harvesting a deer is not the only measure of success. Participating in a tradition is. I remember my first deer […]
I’m From Around Here
Sunday was an absolute great day, except for the wind. Looking up I even saw a few flocks of geese headed north. Think of how confusing it is for them. Snow before Halloween and 50 degree temps around Thanksgiving. Who would have thunk? (thunk is one of those slang words that works in cases like […]
