Dec. 18, 2023 Minot AFB executes SURGE Week The 5th Bomb Wing conducted SURGE Week here from Dec. 12 - 14. SURGE Week tests warfighting capabilities, focusing on training efforts for scenarios where a large number of sorties need to be produced swiftly and efficiently.
Dec. 11, 2023 Santa Takes Flight With 54th Helicopter Squadron Santa Claus and his elf flew over Minot Air Force Base and Minot, N.D. to wave at kids and members of Team Minot.
Dec. 5, 2023 Operation Home for the Holidays helps Minot Airmen return home Operation Home for the Holidays is a program implemented by U.S. Air Force Col. Daniel Hoadley, 5th Bomb Wing commander, and U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth McGhee, 91st Missile Wing commander, in partnership with leaders from the local Minot community, which raises funds to cover travel costs for Team
Dec. 5, 2023 Air Force Global Strike Command: Malmstrom, FE Warren and Minot AFBs round 1 environmental sampling results complete The Missile Community Cancer Study’s (MCCS) first round of environmental sampling results for Malmstrom AFB, FE Warren AFB, and Minot AFB, found no additional instances of contaminants above regulatory action levels, Air Force Global Strike Command reported today.
Dec. 5, 2023 AFGSC Chaplain Ensures Spiritual Resilience Spiritual resilience is one of the four pillars of resilience in the Air Force, which is a primary component for building resilient Airmen. That is where Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) command chaplain Col. Julian Gaither comes in. Gaither visited Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota from
Dec. 1, 2023 Rear Adm. Wirth, STRATCOM deputy director, visits Minot AFB Rear Adm. Robert Wirth, J5N, U.S. Strategic Command deputy director, strategic targeting and nuclear mission planning, visits Minot Air Force Base. Wirth visited the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing to meet with wing leaders and interact with Airmen.
Nov. 30, 2023 Good morning Minot The 5th Bomb Wing’s B-52H Stratofortress fleet serves as part of the Air Force’s strategic bomber force. The B-52H has served the strategic bomber force for over 60 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Bankston)
Nov. 30, 2023 Team Minot keeps jets flying in the snow Crew chiefs perform pre-flight procedures on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Nov. 27, 2023. The 5th Bomb Wing Airmen work in all-weather conditions to provide the B-52H global strike capabilities at a moment's notice.
Nov. 28, 2023 AFGSC Director of ICBM Modernization discusses “monumental” Sentinel Program at Joint Engineers Conference Brig. Gen. Colin J. Connor, Air Force Global Strike Command Director of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization, recently highlighted the future of the LGM-35A Sentinel during the annual Joint Engineers Conference in Helena, Montana.