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  • Minot takes home AFGSC Outstanding Team of the Year Award

    Units encompassing the entire aviation resource management career field (1 Charlie/1C) across Minot Air Force Base secured the Sergeant Dee Campbell Outstanding Large Unit of the Year award. The award is granted based on contributions to unit initiatives, direct operational support and effective

  • Glove prototypes heat up innovation at Minot AFB

    The Minot Air Force Base innovation cell, also known as Atomic Spark, the IGNITOR working group and the 5th Contracting Squadron partnered with the 54th Helicopter Squadron, maintenance and security forces units from the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing to bring another innovative solution to

  • Airmen of Minot: SrA Garrett Hightower, 54th HS

    When the term “flight engineer” is heard, some may assume it’s a job that requires intense desk work, calculations, and mathematical wizardry. In reality, a flight engineer is far more than that; they also fill the role of a loadmaster, sensor operator, hoist operator and aerial gunner.

  • Fleming Award Comes North

    For anyone who knows of Minot Air Force Base, you probably heard the phrase that has grown to be synonymous with the base and its people: “Only the Best Come North.” The 54th Helicopter Squadron added emphasis to that phrase when they were recently awarded the prestigious Fleming Award for the year

  • Airman of Minot

    Captain Kevin Cornell is a Helicopter Instructor Pilot for the 54th Helicopter Squadron. Originally from Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Cornell became a member of Team Minot in August 2017. 

  • Minot rescue crew saves man trapped from flood

    Members of the 54th Helicopter Squadron at Minot Air Force Base responded to a search and rescue call involving a man trapped in his cabin, surrounded by rising flood water in Savage, Montana, March 24, 2018.At approximately 2 p.m. the crew received a phone call requesting a hoist-equipped aircraft