Minot AFB News

A renewed "Era of Accountability" seems to be taking hold in the U.S. Air Force.

As chairwoman of the Prairie Warrior Association Auction for 22 of its 23 years, Betty Fedorchak has helped raise more than $400,000 to benefit military members and programs at Minot Air Force Base.

Gen. C. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command commander, addresses members of the 341st Missile Wing during an all-call Nov.

1. The 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., as well as the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., will also fall under the new command.

As of Dec. 1, 20th Air Force, with its headquarters at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., will come under Air Force Global Strike Command, along with its units: - 91st Missile Wing at Minot AFB - 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB - 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB, Mont.

The Minot Area Chamber of Commerce is the in-town drop-off site for homebaked cookies, cards and other items for the annual Airmen's Christmas Cookie Collection.

Minot Air Force Base has two of the three legs of the strategic nuclear triad, and the men and women of the base play a critical part in the command's mission, said Lt.

15, 2009 Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The RF-A exercise provides unique opportunities to integrate various forces into joint, coalition and bilateral training from a simulated forward operating base.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE The commander of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base and two other commanders in the missile wing were relieved of their duties Wednesday.

Responsibility for Air Combat Command's three nuclear-capable bomb wings will transition from ACC to Air Force Global Strike Command Feb.

Officials from 8th Air Force here reached a milestone in nuclear enterprise transformation Oct.

Col. Christopher Ayers, 91st Missile Wing commander tacks on a stripe on Tech. Sgt. Walter Donoghue, 91st Security Support Squadron missile security controller, accompanied by his spouse and daughter at Minot Air Force base during a Stripes for Exceptional Performers promotion ceremony, Sept.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE A new B-52 bomber squadron, the 69th, was officially activated during a ceremony held at Minot Air Force Base Thursday.

3, 2009, at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. The new unit is the fourth operational B-52H Stratofortress squadron in the Air Force and joins the 23rd Bomb Squadron as the second squadron at Minot AFB.

Mildred Maybeth "Milly" Anderson, 87, Minot, and former longtime McKinley Township resident, died Tuesday, Sept.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE Several Minot Air Force Base firefighters have received an Air Force-level award for heroism.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE Combat veteran pilots who joined the 23rd Bomb Squadron during World War II and other squadron members are holding a reunion in Minot this week.

The maintenance group was the last of four similar organizations to stand-up this month.

A one-star general will accept responsibility for newly formed munitions maintenance detachment at Vandenberg Air Force Base during a ceremony Wednesday, among the first steps to moving nuclear units under their own command.

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE The wearing of helmets and other personal protective equipment combined with safety courses for motorcycle riders is saving lives at Minot Air Force Base, base officials say.