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  • Helicopter operations group stands up Aug. 1

    The newly-formed 20th Air Force helicopter operations group plants its roots at F.E. Warren Air Force Base Aug. 1.The group assumes control of the helicopter squadrons across 20th Air Force sometime next year after it ends its provisional status, said Col. Dave Smith, the helicopter operations group

  • Air Force to change enlisted evaluations, promotions

    Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31.The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014 and

  • Strategic agility is the future of the Air Force

    As the Air Force prepares for new challenges and opportunities of the coming decades, it faces sobering 21st-century realities: global centers of power have become more distributed and the terrorism threat more dispersed. Most importantly, the emerging environment is demonstrating a trend that could

  • Theodore Van Kirk, Enola Gay Navigator, Passes Away

    Theodore Van Kirk, the last surviving crew member of the Enola Gay, and the navigator on the famous B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, died Monday in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Van Kirk was 93."Team Whiteman and the nation have lost a great

  • Minot's communication connection

    Airmen in the 5th Communications Squadron maintain, repair and test a wide range of mission essential equipment from computers and radios to area access panels. They also take a variety of precautionary measures while maintaining and repairing equipment to ensure the safety of everyone involved.

  • Battlefield Acupuncture; fighting the pain

    No one really knows how it began. The most common story is about an Army surgeon in Ancient China who was treating a soldier for chronic back pain. During battle, his patient was shot in the leg by an arrow, and strangely enough his back pain disappeared. Shortly after, another soldier was shot in

  • Skid trainers enhance driver safety

    Three highly-specialized vehicle safety training systems are now operational at Air Force Global Strike Command.Known as skid trainers, these systems are designed to teach drivers how to handle a wide variety of vehicles. One of the most recognizable vehicles operated by Airmen today is the High

  • Thunderbirds rip through Wyoming skies

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are an aerial demonstration squadron that performs precision aerial maneuvers that demonstrate the capabilities of the Air Force's high performance aircrafts to people throughout the world.. The three main objectives of the Thunderbirds mission are recruitment of new

  • 5CES lends a helping hand

    When the Souris River flooded in 2011, thousands of people from the Minot community were washed out of their homes and Airmen from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., worked with the people of Minot to repair damages. Through their hard work they put Team Minot and the local community back on its feet. Now