Minot AFB News

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. Vandenberg Air Force Base officials launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly from North Vandenberg Monday.

A Minuteman 3 weapon set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Monday morning will be among the last ICBM tests under Air Force Space Command.

The Air Force picked Minot Air Force Base - not Vandenberg AFB or three other contenders - as the home of one of the first groups that will make up the new Global Strike Command.

GOOD NEWS The decision won't bring a lot of new people to Minot Air Force Base, but news that the Minot installation will be home to a new nuclear weapons maintenance unit was nonetheless exciting.

Jeffrey Dunn and Brian Bishop pose next to the sandbox they played in at Mather Air Force Base, Calif., in the spring of 1963.

The probability of a terrorist attack in Minot may not be very high, but that's no excuse to be un-prepared for such an event.

Lt. Gen. Robert Elder Jr., a former Minot Air Force Base commander who leads Eighth Air Force, will be retiring.

At age 23 and assigned to Headquarters Air Component Command in Korea, this means he's being recognized as the number one enlisted airman of all members in the rank of airman basic, airman, airman first class and senior airman in the largest theater in the Air Force.

Officials from the 91st Missile Wing from Minot AFB sent two hoist-equipped UH-1N Hueys from the 54th Helicopter Squadron to Bismarck March 25 to assist with flood relief there as the Missouri River continued to rise.

An ice jam north of Bismarck broke, which sent flood waters from the Missouri River toward the city and evacuations were ordered in riverside areas.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE A $28.3 million, 168-room dormitory will be built at Minot Air Force Base with federal stimulus money.

As I write a final note to the men and women of Team Minot, I'm reminded of the old proverb "everything hath an end." As disappointed as my family and I are to be leaving Minot so soon, we are reminded of how blessed we were to have experienced the unique bond that arguably can only exist here.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE A barnstormer who will perform at Minot Air Force Base's Northern Neighbors Day open house this summer has donated an orientation flight in a 1943 Stearman PT-17 to the Prairie Warrior ...

Monday was a day of firsts for Vance Air Force Base. Not only did it mark the conclusion of the base's first standalone Unit Compliance Inspection, but it was the first time Vance has received anything but a ...

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Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says improving conditions in Iraq allows more troops to go to Afghanistan By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor eogden@minotdailynews.com MINOT AIR FORCE BASE The chairman of the Joint ...

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the global financial crisis has generated more instability around the world, creating challenging times for the military.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE Navy Adm. Mike Mullen isn't the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit Minot Air Force Base.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will visit Minot Air Force Base Wednesday.

North Dakotaa s Agriculture Department is organizing another trade mission to Cuba, while two companies in the state will be taking part in a trade trip to China.