Three squadrons at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., were recently recognized for superior performance when they won Air Force level awards. The 742d Missile Squadron was awarded the 2013 General Samuel C. Phillips Award, the 5th Operations Support Squadron received the 2013 Major Charles J. Loring Jr. Memorial Award and the 23rd Bomb Squadron was awarded the 2013 Brigadier General Kenneth N. Walker Memorial Award. (courtesy photo)