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  • Medics-R-Awesome Day

    On Dec. 18, 2020, the 5th Medical Group hosted a “Medics-R-Awesome Day” for the medical professionals at Minot Air Force Base to honor and show appreciation for all that our medical professionals have done in the fight against COVID-19.

  • Omaha Trophy Ceremony

    As a result of the exceptional service and outstanding performance of the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing, both were announced as two of five winners of the 2019 Omaha Trophy. The winners were announced on September 21, 2020 and Rear Admiral William W. Wheeler III, USSTRATCOM Chief of Staff

  • 91st Missile Wing awarded the 2019 Omaha Trophy

    The 91st Missile Wing, through their extraordinary and exemplary support of the U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) strategic deterrence mission, has been awarded the 2019 Omaha Trophy for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) category. The Rough Riders were announced as one of five

  • Minuteman III's 50th Anniversary

    On 19 August 1970, the Strategic Air Command placed the first flight of 10 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles on alert at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. After its emplacement at the 741st Strategic Missile Squadron, the Minuteman III has stood watch for 50 years as the nation’s

  • Team Minot welcomes new 91st Missile Wing commander

    Col. Glenn Harris, 91st MW commander, assumes command from Col. Colin Connor, previous 91st Missile Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, July 31, 2018.

  • Weather keeps missileers on alert for 72 hours

    In the beginning of March a winter snow storm, that brought several inches of snow and more than 30 mph winds, left missile combat crews at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on alert for three days straight.

  • An integrated force

    The man stopped in the narrow hallway, his eyes turning to rows of glossy portraits hanging symmetrically on the wall. “He was my first wing commander,” the man said.  It was 1986 when a young, U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Anthony Cotton first laid eyes on the main gate at Minot Air Force Base, North

  • Boosting the brain

    As part of move to further modernize the nuclear enterprise, Airmen from the 91st Missile Wing, at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, recently implemented a $68 million upgrade to the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.First used on June 23, this new device – known as the Data

  • PREL trains for GSC

    The 91st Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical, laboratory Global Strike Challenge team trains for GSC 17 at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. The three-member PREL team is responsible for the inspection and maintenance of the payload transport trailer’s electrical systems and