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91st MSFS conducts Operation Frontier Thunder

91st MSFS conducts Operation Frontier Thunder

Minot Air Force Base, N.D. --The 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron conducted Operation Frontier Thunder at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming, Aug. 28-31.Operation Frontier Thunder was a readiness exercise designed to simulate a deployed environment and provided an...

Team Minot participates in convoy response evaluation

Team Minot participates in convoy response evaluation

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --Members from the Minot Air Force Base convoy response force participated in the Advanced Recapture Recovery Operational Warfighter (ARROW) assessment at the Camp Guernsey Training Center, WY on Aug. 14th, 2023. During the event, they...

Air Force Global Strike leaders visit Minot AFB

Air Force Global Strike leaders visit Minot AFB

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --The two top leaders of Air Force Global Strike Command visited Minot Air Force Base this week to meet with Airmen and see first-hand how Team Minot provides strategic deterrence and precision strike anywhere around the world. The Air Force...

‘The Mighty Eighth’ and J-GSOC welcomes new commander

‘The Mighty Eighth’ and J-GSOC welcomes new commander

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --The Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center welcomed a new commander to their storied history today during a ceremony at Barksdale AFB, La. U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost assumed command from Maj. Gen. Andrew...

Missile Community Cancer Study continues to collect data from missile bases

Global Strike Command Reports Minot AFB ICBM PCB Survey Results

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --A team of bioenvironmental experts reported the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) sampling results from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 24, 2023, the third from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic...

54th Helicopter Squadron Groundbreaking Ceremony

54th Helicopter Squadron Groundbreaking Ceremony

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --On August 15, 2023, Minot Air Force Base held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility for the 54th Helicopter Squadron, which will house the new MH-139A Grey Wolf. The Grey Wolf will replace the 54th Helicopter Squadrons’ UH-1N Huey...

Fire In The Hole – Fire Departments Hold Joint Practice

Fire In The Hole – Fire Departments Hold Joint Practice

The training grounds for the Minot Air Force Base fire department are specific to the mission of Minot Air Force base. As you enter there is a model of a plan that resembles the body of a B-52. There is also another model of an H1 Huey helicopter, and finally a...

91st SFG Conducts Bully Knight Exercise

91st SFG Conducts Bully Knight Exercise

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --The 91st Missile Wing conducted an exercise simulating the retaking of an intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility, Aug. 8, 2023. The exercise, called Bully Knight, focused on the 91st Security Forces Group and was conducted in...

5th Bomb Wing Conducts Base-wide Readiness Exercise

5th Bomb Wing Conducts Base-wide Readiness Exercise

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- From Aug. 7-11, 2023, the 5th Bomb Wing conducted Warbird Week, an exercise that stress tests the overall capabilities of 5th BW units, and how effectively they perform their missions. “The intent of exercises is to prepare our Airmen for...

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