Downtown Minot Excursion: Magic City Discovery Center, April 25
The quarterly Discover Minot Excursion is a fun event put on by the Northern Sentry to help Minot AFB residents explore the city of Minot and get a little taste of why they may not hate it here after-all. The Excursion includes a bus ride from Minot AFB into Minot and back, lunch, special stops […]
New resident dietician keeps Minot
Airmen healthy, focused, active
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —A dietitian’s work centers on food and its role in maintaining people’s health. Julie Yi, health promotion dietician with the 5th Medical Group, is Team Minot’s first resident dietician in over three years. By joining the team, she can have an impact on the daily lives of over 5,000 Airmen. […]
Six leaders fired from Air Force nuclear base in North Dakota
Six leaders — including two commanders and four of their subordinates — were fired from a key Air Force nuclear base inNorth Dakota without explanation Monday. Col. Gregory Mayer, who ran the 5th Mission Support Group at Minot Air Force Base; Maj. Jonathan Welch, the 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander; and four unnamed subordinates lost […]
Month of the Military Child (MOMC) Working Group
April is the perfect month to usher in Spring but it is also a great time to “Purple Up” for military connected students! The Month of the Military Child (MOMC) is celebrated in April and is a time to show our support for military connected students across the United States and also abroad. In North […]
A Hard Place to Leave
Not all of us have lived in a location that we find undesirable. But if you have, you may have borrowed a quote from a song by Mac Davis that talks about “happiness seeing Lubbock in your rear view mirror.” It may be true that heading south because you can’t go north is going toward […]
2022 Year In Review
Minot isn’t Minot without the Base
Brekka Kramer, the Minot Area Chamber Economic Development Corporation (EDC) President/CEO, is a person who cares about her community and the base relationship immensely. She shared that the City of Minot and the area realize just how important Minot Air Force Base is to their town, and one of their main goals is to support […]
Bomber Task Force Returns to
Minot Air Force Base
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND —After over a month of being overseas, the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed a Bomber Task force (BTF) mission based out of RAF Fairford, England and returned to Minot Air Force Base, Sept. 23, 2022. “The BTF was most definitely a success,” said Lt. Col. Ryan Loucks, 23rd Bomb Squadron […]
The 54th Helicopter Squadron Visits Glenburn Public School
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —The 54th Helicopter Squadron landed a UH-1N “Huey” at Glenburn Public School in Glenburn, North Dakota to allow students to tour the aircraft Sept. 27, 2022. The community event was brought to fruition from a simple conversation involving 1st Lt. Sarah Melton, a 54th HS pilot and a local girl […]
Upside Down Under: Highway Isolation?…
Most of us love North Dakota because of the sunsets, fishing, hunting and open roads. I love the open roads.We may not have the longest open road opportunities, but we are certainly up there toward the top. You can look at a map of the state and find long, straight highways just about everywhere.In my […]
