Start your engines Published Aug. 20, 2014 By Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Minot Air Force Base conducted a B-52H Stratofortress alert response and quick taxi exercise, Aug. 15, 2014. The 5th Bomb Wing routinely conducts training operations and exercises to ensure its forces can perform their mission at any time. Though the runway is under construction, Minot AFB remains capable of conducting their nuclear bomber mission. Personnel from the 2nd BW and 307th BW at Barksdale AFB, La., also participated in the exercise.