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  • Global Strike Challenge load comp kicks off at Minot

    The 5th Bomb Wing joined six other bomb wings in Air Force Global Strike Command's first-ever load competition April 13 and 14 here.The evaluation was based not only on the Warbird's hands-on skills, but also their knowledge in their respective career fields."This brings us back to the old SAC

  • Minot paralegal selected for 8th AF honor

    Senior Airman Krystal Hooper, a paralegal with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, was recently selected as the 8th Air Force Outstanding Paralegal Airman of the Year.The OPAY award is based on demonstrated superior initiative, technical skill, leadership ability and devotion to duty. It is

  • Honoring the past: Barksdale Airmen restore B-17G for Eighth AF museum

    Airmen, volunteers and contractors at Barksdale Air Force Base are busy preserving, restoring and painting a B-17G Flying Fortress for the Eighth Air Force Museum in honor of Maj. Gen. Lewis E. Lyle, a World War II B-17 pilot."General Lyle was an aviator's aviator," said Gary Miller, 8 AF museum

  • Second successful restoration project returns to Malmstrom Museum

    In the early part of June 2009, a team of vehicle maintainers from the 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron pooled their talents and embarked on a journey to restore the 1962 transporter erector that calls the Malmstrom Museum its home. All but two of that original team were unable to see the project

  • Stress - A manageable foe

    In times of war, stress is inevitable. With the high operations tempo around the Air Force, added stress is a mainstay. However, the integrated delivery system provides Minot Airmen unique ways of dealing with stress according to their own situations.s"IDS is a compilation of all the base's helping

  • Ribbon cutting marks 8th Air Force move to Bossier City

    Eighth Air Force conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony with local and state officials March 29 to mark the temporary relocation of 8th Air Force Headquarters to the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier City, La..The move is the result of a need to relocate and renovate facilities at Barksdale with the

  • AFGSC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year nominees announced

    Four Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen were awarded the Command's Airmen of the Year awards recently at a ceremony here.The banquet, held in conjunction with the AFGSC Commander's Conference, was attended by all of the Command's top leaders and presided over by AFGSC Commander Lt. Gen. Frank

  • CSAF visits Minot, says excellence expected from AFGSC bases

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz addressed more than 1,500 Airmen gathered at Minot Air Force Base April 1 to discuss teamwork and excellence, key elements in mission accomplishment as well as in maintaining standards in the nuclear business.He greeted the combined formation of both 5th

  • TFI: Taking the military by force

    Since its adoption in 1973, the Total Force Policy has guided decisions on how people within the Department of Defense -- active, reserve component, retired military, federal civilians and contractors -- are structured to protect the nation's interests.The integrated capabilities of the total force

  • Warren, Guard, county firefighters respond to brushfire

    F.E. Warren Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services responded to a brushfire two miles southwest of the base after a mutual aid request by the Laramie County Fire District March 31.The fire began just before 1 a.m. and took two hours to contain. Extinguishing the blaze took the combined efforts