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Bomber Task Force 23-2: Global Reach

Bomber Task Force 23-2: Global Reach

MORÓN AIR BASE, SPAIN – This week the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, operating out of Morón Air Base, Spain, performed missions in three different areas of responsibility. On March 12, the 23rd EBS flew through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and...

891st MSFS achieves new heights

891st MSFS achieves new heights

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --The 891st Missile Security Forces Squadron was awarded the 2022 Security Forces Squadron Outstanding Large Unit Award at the Major Command level for the first time in the unit’s history, and will go on to compete for the award at the Air...

Bomber Task Force 23-2: 23rd EBS Returns to Morón

Bomber Task Force 23-2: 23rd EBS Returns to Morón

MORÓN AIR BASE, SPAIN – The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron out of Morón Air Base, Spain, began their Bomber Task Force operations Feb. 24, 2023. BTF operations are U.S. Strategic Command’s means of conducting Dynamic Force Employment in support of the National...

Air Force conducts Sentinel static fire test

Air Force conducts Sentinel static fire test

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah --The Air Force and Northrop Grumman conducted a static fire test March 2, 2023, for the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Promontory, Utah. This open-air test is the first in a series of static fire tests that...

Team Minot Opens Three Lactation Pods for Nursing Airmen

Team Minot Opens Three Lactation Pods for Nursing Airmen

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --Nursing Airmen serving at Minot AFB have more places to pump after the 5th Security Forces Squadron installed three new lactation pods around the base. This is the latest effort by the 5th SFS to accommodate women who have children while...

MAFB opens walk-in contraception clinic

MAFB opens walk-in contraception clinic

The 5th Medical Group has opened a walk-in contraception clinic at the Team Minot medical facility. The clinic is open every Friday from 1-2 p.m. Active duty members can visit the Personnel Reliability Assurance Program clinic for walk-in contraceptive assistance...

An Average Day

An Average Day

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --It was a winter day like any other at Minot AFB: cold, snowing and rife with ice covering roads and walkways. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Thompson, 5th Security Forces Squadron response team leader, was starting his afternoon shift...

Airmen of GT: 791 MMXS Airmenparticipate in GT 245

Airmen of GT: 791 MMXS Airmen
participate in GT 245

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND --The Airmen who perform the vital mission of ensuring intercontinental ballistic missiles meet operational standards are some of the most skillfully trained and dedicated personnel in the Air Force. Late last year, a crew of these Airmen from...

Generals Grow from Minot AFB

Generals Grow from Minot AFB

Previous 5BW CC, Col. Walters will pin on the rank of Brigadier General later this year. Announced last month, former 91MW CC Col. Menuey will become a Brigadier General. With double the amount of Wing Commanders on this base compared to most Air Force bases, Minot...

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