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More Security Personnel for Missile Units
Air Force security units assigned to protect intercontinental ballistic missiles and related facilities are getting more manpower.
Last week, they successfully passed a Nuclear Surety Inspection, the final hurdle in the unit's road to redemption.
Pit Bull Bites Child at Minot AFB
Officials at Minot Air Force Base say they`re reviewing the pet policy for military housing after a pit bull bit a toddler.
Even More Security Problems at Minot
Minot responds to "flight chief report;" base public affairs officer says that "no one" has been relieved from their post, although an inquiry in underway into the activities of one flight chief.
The 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota is under the microscope again. Inspectors from Air Combat Command and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency , U.S. Strategic Command and the Air Force Safety Center ...
First B-52H reaches retirement
MINOT AFB, N.D. - The first B-52H Stratofortress reaches retirement after more than 45 years of dedicated service to the United States on July 24 here on its final flight to Tinker AFB, Okla.
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Air Force Officers Fell Asleep With Old Nuke Codes
We're getting a clearer and clearer picture why Secretary Gates has been rolling heads in the Air Force .
Air Force investigated Minot AFB crew over nuclear codesSee story
An investigation has determined there was no compromise of classified materials when a crew fell asleep while watching nuclear launch code components on July 12 at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, Air ...
Air Force investigated Minot AFB crew over nuclear codesSee story
An investigation has determined there was no compromise of classified materials when a crew fell asleep while watching nuclear launch code components on July 12 at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, Air ...
Air Force investigated Minot AFB crew over nuclear codesSee story
An investigation has determined there was no compromise of classified materials when a crew fell asleep while watching nuclear launch code components on July 12 at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, Air ...
Gathering honors those who serve, f.....
Military members and their families waited in line at the Military Appreciation Day Picnic at the State Fair Monday where they were served thick slabs of North Dakota beef with all the picnic trimmings.
Radar approach for Minot area soon .....
Radar approach for Minot area soon controlled from S.D. By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor eogden@minotdailynews.com Article Photos Fact Box Air traffic controllers: keeping our airspace safe Air traffic ...
Eielson Air Force Base Arctiz Sentry
Officials from the Ellsworth Air Force Base and Minot AFB, N.D., Radar Approach Control Facilities are preparing to open the Dakota Air Traffic Control Facility this summer here.
Second-in-command changes ahead for.....
By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor, eogden@minotdailynews.com MINOT AIR FORCE BASE Changes in vice commanders for both the 5th Bomb Wing and the 91st Space Wing are ahead at Minot Air Force Base.
Today's public meeting with Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz will hopefully shed some light on the coming personnel increases at Minot Air Force Base.
Oil, Israel, Iran, America and the High Cost of a Single War-Like Remark
What would happen if the Bush administration were crazy enough to attack Iran, or to let its vassal state of Israel do it? Is this the realization of the power and influence of religious nuts to bring on ...
Air Force Leadership in Crisis
I certainly didn't see this coming . I don't have too much more to say about the situation other than to respond to the evening news shows saying that this was all due to the nuclear weapons incident at Minot ...