B-52s Land in UK to Kick Off Another Bomber Task Force
B-52 Stratofortess bombers kicked off yet another Bomber Task Force deployment May 20, with the first aircraft touching down at RAF Fairford, U.K., the Pentagon said. The bomber task force “will provide numerous training and operational opportunities alongside NATO allies and regional partners,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder told reporters […]
New Leader of the Pack – Lt. Col. Lusson Takes Command of 742d
For Lt. Col. Jacob Lusson, his third year started with a couple of moves. One geographical, as he now has the Commander’s office on the main floor of the 91st Missile Wing building, moving upstairs from his office of 2 years, and his position as Operations Officer of the 740th Missile Squadron. Career wise his […]
MACEDC Board Members Attend SecAF National Air Force Base in Montgomery, AL
Cassidy Hjelmstad, Board Chair and Ryan Ackerman, Chair-Elect of the Minot Area Chamber EDC (MACEDC) board of directors were selected to attend The Secretary of the Air Force’s National Security Forum, hosted by Air University’s Air War College in early May. Participants must be nominated by Air Force Headquarters or Wing leadership, AWC students or […]
AFGSC Issues PCB Memo for Health Care Providers
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. —Air Force Global Strike Command published a memorandum today signed by the commander, Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, documenting the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at missile facilities based on an environmental survey by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), acknowledging that PCBs were likely also present at […]
Minot Airman becomes first enlisted person selected for Naval Postgraduate School’s Emergence Program
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —Senior Airman Charles Dell, 5th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) logistics manager, is pioneering as the first enlisted person selected for the Naval Postgraduate School’s Homeland Defense and Security Emergence Program. The Emergence Program, conducted in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is a six-month distance learning endeavor that […]
Team Minot named DAF 2023 General Larry O. Spencer Award winners
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) —The Department of the Air Force announced the recipients of the 2023 Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon, May 8. Master Sgt. Keith T. Dison, flight chief of advanced geospatial intelligence analysis troop of the Joint Special Operations Command Intelligence Brigade, received the individual award, while […]
5th Bomb Wing executes base-wide readiness exercise
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —The 5th Bomb Wing conducted a base-wide readiness exercise, or Warbird Week, from May 1-8.Warbird Week is a routine base-wide readiness exercise designed to test 5th BW Airmen’s abilities to operate in a variety of scenarios. As part of the exercise, various circumstances and conditions were simulated across the base […]
The Criticality of Modernization
Col. Tytonia S. Moore, Deputy Director of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization, Site Activation Task Force spoke about the modernization and implementation of the Sentinel project at the recent Nuclear Triad Symposium sponsored by Task Force 21. The Minuteman III has served our nation well. But Sentinel is the weapon system to replace the aging Minuteman […]
Airmen, Guardians urged to update vRED, SOES
Airmen and Guardians should routinely review and update their virtual Record of Emergency Data (vRED) and Servicemembers’ Online Enrollment System (SOES). The vRED is a central repository for emergency contact information should an Airman or Guardian become severely ill, injured, wounded or deceased. Servicemembers are required to review and update vRED information annually, before deploying […]
Maintenance Professional of the Year Awards
The 91st Missile Wing celebrated the Maintenance Professional of the Year Awards. MPOY is a long-running ceremony in the maintenance career field that acknowledges the hard work of Airmen and maintenance personnel throughout the year.