Resident Feedback Channels
There is always room for improvement and your MAFB housing partners are ready to hear resident feedback! Residents have a number of options to ensure their voice is heard. Following each work order, residents will be sent a text requesting satisfaction feedback. This survey is open for the first four days after a maintenance technician […]
What An Opportunity
Minot Air Force Base is a Melting Pot of Cultures Where are you from? It’s the first question that I normally ask after meeting a new Airmen or family member stationed at Minot Air Force Base. “Where am I really from?” is often the answer, “Because I was an Air Force brat and lived all […]
One grows, one shrinks…
During the second half of the 1990s, I operated the newspaper in Langdon and often made short, 38-mile trips to Morden, Manitoba for various reasons. At the time, Langdon’s population was about 2,500 and Morden was just shy of 5,000. That has always been a snapshot in my mind, until a couple of weeks ago. […]
Homer Hanky
The place was absolutely crazy. The noise was deafening. The packed stadium went wild as the baseball soared over the centerfield fence at the old Metrodome in Minneapolis. Put four on the board for the Minnesota Twins! It was a World Series game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek sent the […]
Member of Minot AFB Aids During Emergency
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —It was just an ordinary day for U.S. Air Force Capt. Erik Walker, 742nd Missile Squadron instructor on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.Walker just dropped his son off for his first day of school when he drove by a stopped car on the side of the road. At first glance, nothing […]
New wireless headsets improve base operations
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —Until recently, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) crew chiefs performing maintenance on the ground used headsets wired into the B-52H Stratofortress to communicate with the crew inside. The wires raised a number of concerns, to include mobility and the price of replacing the wires. “Today’s Airmen need to be more […]
AADD Recognizes Volunteers of the Month
Awards Presented by 5th Bomb Wing Deputy Commander Col Benjamin Jensen Airmen Against Drunk Driving gave out their volunteer of the month awards, recognizing outstanding service by 3 AADD Volunteers. MSgt Shelby Bird, President of the Minot AFB Chapter of AADD was also on hand as the following volunteers received special recognition, as well as […]
October is National Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is designed to unify women and men across the world who have been victims of domestic violence. It is important to recognize that domestic violence impacts millions of people, and it’s not only women who are victims; many men suffer domestic violence as well. According to the Report on Child Abuse […]
“Best Darn BBQ!” Minot Chiefs Serve Over 400
Chief Mike Reid, Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, has a history of cooking up great Bar B Que. “Yep, it was good. I have a background of catering” says Chief Reid, and so it was a natural to apply that skill to an event to raise money so the Chiefs can donate to Professional Development events “like […]
Dakota Elementary Gets a Visitor!
It was an exciting day at Dakota Elementary on September 27! As part of their “Engaging Families” initiatives, the staff organized a visit from Tom Ross, the Mayor of Minot for the first-grade classrooms. Each month the students are given a word of the month to learn and develop a new skill. For the month […]