Team Minot hosts USAF-wide EOD exercise
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — The 5th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight hosted Operation Frozen Peanut here, July 24-28.Operation Frozen Peanut is a routine exercise designed to test EOD capabilities, procedures, and readiness in the event of a nuclear incident. The exercise was conducted from the perspective of an Initial Response Force […]
USSTRATCOM SEL visits Team Minot
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Howard L. Kreamer, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Senior Enlisted Leader, visited Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, July 31 – Aug. 2, 2023. During his visit, Kreamer attended multiple meetings with Minot AFB leadership to discuss strategies for improving the quality of life for Airmen. […]
Barons return home following Bomber Task Force deployment
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —The 23rd Bomb Squadron’s world-famous “Bomber Barons” returned home from their most recent Bomber Task Force deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 24. The contingent, composed of approximately 280 Airmen and four B-52H Stratofortress, logged hundreds of flight hours from dozens of sorties within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command […]
Answering Our Nation’s Call: The Life & Times of a Missile Alert Facility Manager
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — At first glance the fields surrounding Minot may seem desolate with dirt roads, wildlife and endless fields. However, if you look a little closer, you’ll see areas teeming with human activity. Surrounding Minot are fortresses enclosed with chain-link fencing operating, preserving, and protecting the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. […]
Delivering assurance: tri-bombers sync efforts in Alaska frontier
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Elements of three different bomber task forces from Air Force Global Strike Command integrated in a joint mission at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 18-19. Bomber task force missions, or BTFs, are cross-command missions directed by U.S. Strategic Command.“As a force provider, how we deliver bomber airpower has a definite […]
A Global Mission: 23rd Bomb Squadron Returns
Lt. Col Ryan Loucks, 23rd Bomb Squadron Commander at Minot Air Force Base, the deployment of a Bomber Task Force is important. “Being in the Indo-Pacific with a Bomber Task Force allows our forces to showcase our ability to deploy anytime, anywhere, in support of the combatant commander’s objectives,” he explained. However, gathered at the […]
Operation Bully Stick
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —On July 10, 2023, the 91st Missile Wing kicked off Operation Bully Stick, which generated the largest missile movement in 10 years. Operation Bully Stick is an operation in which the 91st MW aims to load an intercontinental ballistic missile into a launch facility as safely, efficiently, and quickly as […]
Minot combat crew comm team maintains security during Indo-Pacific deployment
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Whether training at home or supporting Bomber Task Force operations abroad, Airmen aboard 5th Bomb Wing B-52H Stratofortresses carry sensitive communication codes that are vital to mission accomplishment. This critical communications security, or COMSEC, information is generated, packaged and delivered to aircrews before each flight by the 5th Operations […]
Minot Airmen maintain aircraft, ensure readiness during Bomber Task Force deployment
To those outside the flightline observing Bomber Task Force missions from the ground, the procedures appear simple. The aircraft take off, the aircraft return for landing a few hours later, and then they do it again. What happens on the flightline between landings and take offs, however, is anything but simple. Teams of highly-skilled aircraft […]
First-ever USAF B-52 deployment concludes in Indonesia
MEDAN, Indonesia — More than 60 Airmen and two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, completed a bilateral interoperability exercise in Indonesia. The exercise, which lasted about a week and was supported by various U.S. Pacific Air Forces units, marked the first time U.S. Air […]