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  • The real role of Family Advocacy

    Some Minot Air Force Base helping agencies go overlooked and underutilized, but the Family Advocacy Program is running into a different obstacle: people know about them, but not everyone has a perfect grasp of what FAP is really here to do."Some people see the Family Advocacy Program as an

  • Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visits Team Whiteman

    Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visited Team Whiteman here as part of his final tour to U.S. military bases Jan. 13, 2015.Secretary Hagel took time to meet with Airmen from Team Whiteman who all support the same mission -- delivering dynamic air power for the United States and providing both a

  • Bomber force prepares for new B-52 bomb bay upgrade testing

    Since the Air Force's decision in 2013 to increase the B-52H bomber fleet's effectiveness and versatility by increasing the aircraft's smart weapons capacity by more than 50 percent, teams from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., Boeing and, now Edwards, have partnered up to begin developmental testing on

  • Malmstrom Airmen brave cold to accomplish mission

    The winter months here on base can make accomplishing even the easiest of tasks challenging. With temperatures regularly below freezing and wind speeds adding to the chill, completing the mission in the face of these frozen odds takes determination and a strong will to succeed.Two years ago on

  • Bomb load competition sharpens skills

    Teams from the 20th and 96th Aircraft Maintenance Units went head-to-head here Friday in the 2nd Bomb Wing's quarterly load competition.Barksdale Airmen regularly compete against one another to determine which team is most proficient at loading a B-52H Stratofortress with a variety of

  • A STEP above the rest

    The Stripes for Exceptional Performers program allows Major Commands, Field Operating Agencies and Direct Reporting Unit commanders and senior Air Force officers with large enlisted populations a limited opportunity to promote enlisted members to staff sergeant or technical sergeant.The program was

  • Incentive pay for nuclear mission reaching Malmstrom

    Airmen performing critical intercontinental ballistic missile-related duties and recently authorized to receive additional compensation are now seeing it in their paychecks, according to leadership here.Incentive pay for critical nuclear-related tasks went into effect Oct. 1, 2014. Most Airmen