FALLS CHURCH, Va. --The Air Force Surgeon General is proud to announce the recipients of the 2023 Air Force Medical Service Annual Awards. The awards include both individual and team awards. The nominations submitted reflect the extraordinary quality of Air Force...
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We Stand United! First Sergeant’s Council Unveils New Morale Patch
Six months ago the First Sergeant’s at Minot Air Force Base started the process of designing a new Morale Patch for the Minot Air Force Base. “We knew that everyone likes patches” according to MSGT John Silva, First Sergeant for the 5th Support Squadron “and at Minot...
Minot takes home AFGSC Outstanding Team of the Year Award
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --Units encompassing the entire aviation resource management career field (1 Charlie/1C) across Minot Air Force Base secured the Sergeant Dee Campbell Outstanding Large Unit of the Year award. The award is granted based on contributions to...
91st MW Roughriders celebrate Black History Month
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --A Missile Alert Facility fifty miles from Minot Air Force Base celebrated Black History Month with an all-black missileer crew. The crew tripped out for a week where they performed a crucial role in the 91st Missile Wings’ nuclear...
B-52 Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Fire, No Crew Injured
A B-52H bomber at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. executed an emergency landing due to an engine fire early Feb. 23.All crew members are unharmed, a base spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine. Asked if the base’s runway remains open, the spokesperson declined...
Allies and Partners move as one in Cope North 24
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --As you and your team arrive, you see it; a sea of various uniforms moving as waves across the facility. You make your way to your equipment, hearing all the different languages that fill the space, all to support the same event, all to...
Department of the Air Force Surgeon General visits Minot Air Force Base
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, visited Minot Air Force Base Feb. 5, to observe the 5th Medical Group’s impact on readiness and share the Air Force Medical Service’s efforts to meet the demands of Great Power...
Training teaches Minot Airmen life-saving skills
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --The leading preventable cause of death in combat is massive hemorrhaging, for this reason, the Department of Defense trains every Airman on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). “TCCC is the foundation of life-saving measures in a...
Minot Task Force 21 Members Attend the National Strategic Deterrent Coalition Board of Regents Workshop in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. – Task Force 21 members engaged in the national Strategic Deterrent Coalition (SDC) eighth annual board of regents workshop in Washington, D.C. on January 31. SDC focuses on the nation’s strategic deterrent – why it works, why it must be maintained,...
From enlisted to enlightened: One Airman’s journey to becoming a chaplain
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --Spiritual fitness. It’s one of the four pillars that comprise Comprehensive Airman Fitness. It enables Airmen to maintain the resilience needed to accomplish the mission in the face of any challenge. Within the Air Force, there are...