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Minot AFB to hold open house in June

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – For the first time since 2018, Minot Air Force Base will hold an open house. The open house is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The base will open its doors to the public for a day of military and civilian aircraft static displays and mission ...

Minot AFB airmen take part in test missile launch

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIF. – A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single telemetered joint test assembly re-entry vehicle on Wednesday at 1 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space ...

Hoeven urges Sentinel program be done concurrently at ICBM bases

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Upgrades to the nuclear mission at Minot Air Force Base and the two other intercontinental ballistic missile bases must be done concurrently at all three bases and not sequential, Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, said during a visit to Minot AFB. Hoeven visited the base with Air ...

Economic impact: Minot AFB has $651.6M impact on local area

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Minot Air Force Base contributed $651.6 million to the local economy in fiscal year 2024. That impact is an increase of about $30 million from the previous fiscal year, when the base contributed $621.6. 1st Lt. Mike Reissfelder, deputy budget officer of the 5th ...

Minot AFB B-52s arrive in Europe for Bomber Task Force

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers have arrived in Europe as part of a routine Bomber Task Force-Europe deployment, underscoring the U.S.’ shared commitment to regional security and NATO’s collective defense. Throughout the deployment, ...