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  • Vandenberg conducts Minuteman III flight test

    A scheduled Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test was launched here at 3:01 a.m. June 16 from Launch Facility-10. The flight test was the first for the 576th Flight Test Squadron since its realignment under Air Force Global Strike Command. The missile's single re-entry test vehicle

  • 'Making rank' has special significance for Global Strike general

    When Brig. Gen. Sandra Finan held her promotion ceremony here June 15, it gave new meaning to the expression "making rank."General Finan's rank was made by her father, who crafted her metal general's stars at his home worktable. In fact, he's made one of every rank insignia for her since she made

  • Family of POW makes historic donation

    The Eighth Air Force Museum received a significant donation of World War II history June 9 when Joy Bolesta, wife of the late Stanley Bolesta, donated the journal her husband kept while held captive in a German prisoner-of-war camp. Second Lt. Bolesta was captured after his B-26 Marauder was shot

  • Latest Enlisted 'Perspective' features nuclear enterprise priority

    Over the last few months, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy has visited Air Force Global Strike Command bases, including Minot and F.E. Warren, and other nuclear enterprise units.The chief said it was an eye-opening experience. "These Airmen have unique working conditions, like driving

  • SecAF impressed with Airmen, B-2

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley met with Airmen, and base and community leaders, and received a first-hand look at the B-2 Spirit mission during his visit here June 8."I've been looking forward to this for many years, wanting to see the B-2 at its home here at Whiteman," Secretary Donley

  • Global Strike Command responds to incident scenario

    Air Force Global Strike Command conducted its first-ever Response Task Force exercise at Malmstrom Air Force Base June 1-4."We are training and preparing for a variety of contingency scenarios to ensure our readiness for any situation that may arise," said Gary Oldham, Air Force Global Strike

  • Minot's 'Commissioner' is ready to burn

    The 5th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department and Minot AFB welcomed a much anticipated training facility during a ribbon cutting ceremony here June 7.The newly constructed trainer, named "The Commissioner," is the largest fire training facility in the Air Force and only one of two AF fire

  • Minot partners with local community for exercise

    Exercise, exercise, exercise! A bomb has exploded inside the Minot International Airport, resulting in massive casualties. The building caught on fire, and as the police arrive, they learn a person has run back inside with some kind of improvised explosive device attached to their body. The fire

  • Whiteman Airmen return from Guam deployment

    Whiteman leadership, friends and families welcomed home more than 200 Airmen June 4 following their deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to provide a forward bomber presence for U.S. Pacific Command.The four-month deployment was led by the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and included

  • Medics, engineers up to challenge

    Airmen from the 5th Medical Group and 5th Civil Engineer Squadron took part in Air Combat Command's Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Equipment Challenge at Minot AFB June 1-4. The CBRNE challenge employs Airmen in the bioenvironmental and emergency management career fields to apply their