Oct. 12, 2021 5th Bomb Wing Inspector General Brings the Thunder Earlier this month, 5th Bomb Wing Airmen from Minot Air Force Base participated in a multi-day, wing-level exercise to internally validate mission readiness, enhance operational training across the wing, and self-identify areas for improvement.
Oct. 8, 2021 Whiteman Strikers look to bring home the gold While Team Whiteman awaits the results of the 2021 Global Strike Challenge competition, many look back on lessons learned over the summer. The GSC occurs every other year and features the world's premier bomber and ICBM operators and maintainers, helicopter operations and security forces units from
Oct. 8, 2021 B-1 FTU Becomes Test Squadron for Sim Program Office’s Automated Virtual Instructor There is an explosion of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality training systems being applied to aviator training. These systems are seeing tremendous success in providing experiential training as an alternative to computer or presentation based training. Through these new virtual experiences,
Oct. 8, 2021 The First 100: Douglas D. Stoddard Douglas D. Stoddard, visited Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 27, 2021. Stoddard was previously stationed in Minot in September of 1958 and was one of the first 100 people ever to receive orders to the brand new base, at that time.
Oct. 7, 2021 Malmstrom looks to 'four-peat' in Global Strike Challenge The 2021 Global Strike Challenge finished its final event last week after several months of competition to decide who will be named as the U.S. Air Force’s premier missile wing.
Oct. 6, 2021 Learning the Art of Counterintelligence from CIA’s best In a report to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II bomber legend Gen. James Doolittle wrote:“It is now clear that we are facing an implacable enemy whose avowed objective is world domination by whatever means and at whatever cost. There are no rules in such a game. Hitherto acceptable norms
Oct. 6, 2021 DAF expands civilian employee assistance program JOINT BASE SAN-ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Department of the Air Force expanded its Employee Assistance Program Oct. 1, following a recent contract award by the Air Force Installation and Contracting Center.The program, required by the Air Force Chief of Staff, provides a variety of services and
Sept. 30, 2021 Weather Warriors: 26th OWS drives U.S. hurricane forecasts As hurricane season rolls around and the impending onslaught of wind and rain once again becomes part of life in the coastal regions of the United States, one unit located in the hotbed of the Gulf leads the charge in all hurricane meteorological production.Responsible for providing meteorological
Sept. 29, 2021 8th AF commander visits Barksdale 8th AF commander, Maj. Gen. Andrew Gebara, visits Barksdale Air Force Base.