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  • Minot Wings to Receive 2014 Omaha Trophy

    The 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., was named the 2014 Omaha Trophy recipient as the command's premier strategic aircraft operations wing, March 3, in recognition of outstanding support to U.S. Strategic Command's global strategic deterrence mission over the last year.The 5th Bomb Wing

  • NCLS 2015: AFGSC commander encourages cadets to be bold officers

    The commander of Air Force Global Strike Command shared stories about Airmen and public leaders to inspire cadets to be innovative Feb. 26 during the 22nd annual National Character and Leadership Symposium.Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson spoke to cadets in Arnold Hall on the achievements of basketball star

  • Barksdale's best maintainers recognized for service in 2014

    The 2014 Maintenance Professional of the Year awards ceremony was held at the Weapons Load Training facility Feb. 20.The ceremony, held annually for more than 10 years, recognizes the 2nd Bomb Wing's top performers in the maintenance career fields across the base."This is a good way to recognize

  • B-52 flyover to honor 50th Vietnam War anniversary

    A B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Baseis scheduled to fly over a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, March 2, 2015 at the Air Force Memorial in Washington D.C. The ceremony is to honor prisoners of war and missing in action

  • Resiliency results in success

    To have resilience means to be able to withstand difficult conditions and come out on top.In every Air Force career, Airmen are taught to be resilient when they are away from their homes and families.However, for Airman 1st Class Henry Sorenson, 509th Security Forces Squadron member, this was a

  • Sometimes, all you need is a friend

    Sometimes, feeling down or being in a bad mood can spiral you into a deep and dark place where you start to feel helpless.You may start to believe that no one cares about you or understands the situation you are in. Problems might begin to snowball and the next thing you know, you could find

  • Stand-off Munitions Application Center brings efficiency to force

    For more than a year, the 608th Air Operations Center has provided a unique capability to the Department of Defense through the Stand-off Munitions Application Center, an integrated initiative focused on efficiently building stand-off strike capabilities into the operations plans of combatant

  • Missile fields in winter

    Minot's demanding winters can be an inconvenience for anyone who has to drive to work, but extreme weather and low temperatures are a more immediate issue for people who do the majority of their work outdoors."Many of the tasks we complete on a day-to-day basis, while imperative to the mission, are

  • If you can help someone, help them

    A key component of the military's response to counter sexual assault is the victim advocate program. Victim advocates are individuals a victim can talk to in the aftermath of an assault, and a companion through everything that follows, from medical appointments to, potentially, a court-martial for

  • Minot AFB hosts Nuclear Oversight Board

    More than three dozen members of the Air Force's senior leadership, including Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, converged on Minot Air Force Base for a meeting of the Nuclear Oversight Board here today. The NOB is a quarterly