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July 19, 2023
AFGSC Command Chief Visits Minot AFB

Chief Master Sgt. Melvina Smith, Air Force Global Strike command chief, speaks to group chiefs from Minot Air Force Base Friday June 13, 2023 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Smith is the Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), and Air Forces Strategic-Air,
July 18, 2023
Minot combat crew comm team maintains security during Indo-Pacific deployment

Whether training at home or supporting Bomber Task Force operations abroad, Airmen aboard 5th Bomb Wing B-52H Stratofortresses carry sensitive communication codes that are vital to mission accomplishment.
July 18, 2023
Minot Airmen maintain aircraft, ensure readiness during Bomber Task Force deployment

To those outside the flightline observing Bomber Task Force missions from the ground, the procedures appear simple. The aircraft take off, the aircraft return for landing a few hours later, and then they do it again.
July 18, 2023
Minot Airmen preform ACE concepts at JBER

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Bomb Squadron from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, takes off in support of a bomber Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 14, 2023. ACE enables convergence across domains, presenting an adversary with
July 17, 2023
Air Force announces the 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2023

Air Force officials have selected the service’s top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023.
July 15, 2023
B-52s in JBER: Downloading

Airman 1st Class Timothy McDonald and Airman 1st Class Jordan Scotland, 69th Bomb Squadron aircraft armament systems technicians, prepare their equipment to unload a B-52H Stratofortress at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 11, 2023. The Airmen were sent to JBER to maintain the B-52s
July 14, 2023
Minot Airman recognized as Air Force, AFGSC NCO of the Year

Humbleness, accountability, empathy, teachability, emotional intelligence. These are the qualities that Tech. Sgt. Jennel Edwards, an evaluator for the 91st Security Forces Group, says an effective noncommissioned officer must possess. The U.S. Air Force and Air Force Global Strike Command recently
July 5, 2023
First-ever USAF B-52 deployment concludes in Indonesia

More than 60 Airmen and two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, completed a bilateral interoperability exercise in Indonesia.
April 20, 2023
Global Thunder 23 concludes at Minot

Global Thunder 23, the most recent iteration of U.S. Strategic Command’s annual nuclear command and control exercise, concluded April 19.
Sept. 12, 2022
Groundbreaking Naturalization Ceremony at Minot AFB

Airman Amin Ahmadi, a 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management office apprentice, and Airman 1st Class Jorge Peralta, a 5th Force Support Squadron classification technician, were the first Airmen to go through the enhanced naturalization process, becoming citizens of the United States at

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