Minot Air Force Base Schools All Qualify for Special Award For a year and a month Joy-Nicole Smith, School Liaison Program Manager, has worked to gain recognition for the three Minot AFB Schools as Purple Star Schools, a special recognition from the North Dakota...
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Minot MAF chefs feed the force
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --Missile Alert Facilities (MAF), which can be up to 75 miles away from Minot Air Force Base, operate with a lone chef that ensures the site has well-fed troops. Senior Airman Matthew Chan, 5th Force Squadron food service specialist, tops a...
5th Bomb Wing and 2nd Bomb Wing work together for Exercise Prairie/Bayou Vigilance 24-2
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana participated in Exercise Prairie Vigilance/Bayou Vigilance 24-2 here, Jan. 4-7, 2024. An Airman assigned to...
Sentinel Program a Partnership
Minot Air Force Base is familiar territory for Brig General Colin Connor. General Connor served as commander of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base from June of 2016 through August of 2018. General Connor returned to Minot and was the guest of the Military...
Celebrate MLK Day with Acts of Service: A Day On, Not a Day Off
We are about to celebrate MLK Day, a day in which we remember the values for which Dr. King lived, and for which he died. But it’s important that we do more than just remember, or even celebrate Dr. King’s legacy. We must make MLK Day one in which we deliver on Dr....
DAF looking for Airmen, Guardians for grueling Army Ranger School
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) --It’s been called “a laboratory of human endurance,” testing the physical, mental and spiritual grit of the officer and enlisted leaders who undertake it. It’s the Army Ranger School and the Department of the Air Force is...
54th Helicopter Squadron secures Team Minot’s missile fields from above
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Minot AFB hosts several tenant units that are critical to the success of our mission. These units all play a role in Team Minot’s daily operations and provide unique capabilities to Team Minot’s skill set. The 54th Helicopter Squadron is...
DOD Releases 2024 Basic Allowance for Housing Rates
Basic allowance for housing, or BAH, rates for 2024 will increase by an average of 5.4%. The new rates, which are paid to all U.S.-based active-duty members of the uniformed services when government quarters are unavailable, take effect Jan. 1. “The proposed 5.2%...
Missile Community Cancer Study Round 1 environmental sampling results release
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and Air Force Global Strike Command released the complete results of the Round 1 Environmental Sampling effort at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, and Minot...
Data consolidation project enhances Air Force munitions logistics tracking
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Organizations at Hill Air Force Base played a key role in completing a data consolidation project that will enhance the logistics tracking and management of munitions across the Air Force. The project, which was initiated in response to a...