5th CONS top the awards list

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Team Minot's 5th Contracting Squadron dominated the 2012 Air Force Global Strike Command Contracting Award competition, earning seven out of the 13 categories in play. In addition to the awards, the squadron's Director of Business Operations, Mr. Dwight Slotto, was also recognized as the AFGSC Air Force Association's Outstanding Civilian of the Year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jesse Lopez)

Team Minot helps feed camaraderie

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- An Airman participates in a game of bingo during the 48th Annual Team Minot Sportsmen Feed here, Jan. 20. As part of the feed, attendees had the opportunity to play bingo and darts, participate in a bean bag toss tournament and win raffle prizes donated by various downtown businesses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jose L. Hernandez)

Colonel Alex Mezynski takes command of the 5th Bomb Wing

Col. Alex Mezynski, 5th Bomb Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron Allmon)

Medic under enemy fire receives combat medals

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Tech. Sgt. Shawn Owens, 5th Medical Operations Squadron operational medicine flight chief, recently earned distinguished military decorations for going above the call of duty during multiple deployments. Col. James Dawkins Jr., the recently departed 5th Bomb Wing commander, presented Owens the Air Force Combat Action Medal and the Purple Heart here, Jan. 10. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kiley Swopes)

Minot Top 3 recognizes outstanding Airmen

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Senior Airman Marshall Holman and Airman 1st Class Christopher Wildeman, both assigned to the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, were recognized by the Minot Top 3 here, Jan. 8. Holman and Wildeman were acknowledged for their extraordinary efforts and response in saving a child who was accidently locked in a car during a particularly hot day in September 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Crawford)

Host Aviation Resource Management & Squadron Aviation Resource Management

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- The Host Aviation Resource Management (flight records office) and Squadron Aviation Resource Management office ensure aircrew members are physically and physiologically qualified to fly both the B-52H Stratofortress and the UH-01N aircraft. The HARM office maintains flight record folders for 369 aircrew and operations support members which contain their entire aviation history. They publish aeronautical orders to place members on active flight status and verify flight incentive pay for each member. The SARM office ensures aircrew members have completed all mandatory ground and flight training prior to each flight and are the final look prior to aircrews stepping onto the aircraft. These two offices enable leadership to make effective planning decisions to ensure aircrews stay nuclear and conventionally qualified to execute the 5th Bomb Wing's dual-role mission. (Photo courtesy of the Command Chief's Office)