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  • Team Minot Airmen participating in the combat survival training receive training on smoke signals at Garrison, North Dakota, Oct. 9, 2025. In order to prepare for possible hostile scenarios, aircrew members must finish survival, evade, resistance and escape training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alyssa Bankston) Combat survival training keeping Airmen ready
    Combat survival training keeping Airmen ready

    Senior Airman Alyssa Bankston

  • A collage featuring portraits taken of U.S. Airmen assigned to Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base during Global Thunder 26 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Nov. 19, 2025. Global Thunder is an annual command and control exercise designed to train U.S. Strategic Command forces and assess joint operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Kyle Wilson) Faces of Global Thunder 26
    Faces of Global Thunder 26

    Senior Airman Kyle Wilson

  • Airmen assigned to the 5th Security Forces Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, watch a B-52H Stratofortress take off as part of Exercise Global Thunder 26 at Minot AFB, North Dakota, Oct. 26, 2025. Global Thunder is an annual command and control exercise designed to train U.S. Strategic Command Forces and assess joint operational readiness. Global Strike Airmen strengthen strategic readiness during Global Thunder 26
    Global Strike Airmen strengthen strategic readiness during Global Thunder 26

    Senior Airman Trust Tate

UPCOMING EVENTS

Minot Air Force Base Honor Guard presents the colors during the singing of the national anthem at the 5th Maintenance Group (MXG) change of command at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, June 29, 2023. The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard’s mission is to deliver premier ceremonial honors, inspire the nation, and represent all Airmen and Guardians to the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan)

PUBLIC AFFAIRS SUPPORT

U.S. Air Force Col. Daniel Hoadley, 5th Bomb Wing commander, and Team Minot members pose for a photo at the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Supplies Brigade at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 4, 2023. The Back-to-School Brigade is a nationwide campaign by Operation Homefront that collects and distributes school supplies to eligible service member dependents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Bankston)

NEWCOMER GUIDE

U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey Anderson, 5th Maintenance Group (MXG) commander, delivers a speech to the crowd at the 5th MXG’s Maintenance Professionals of the Year awards banquet at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 25, 2023. Anderson spoke on how vital the mission is at Minot, and thanked everyone for their contribution. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Trust Tate)
  • A man in uniform pins a medal on another man in uniform.

    First Air Medal awarded by 20 AF goes to Malmstrom Airman for medical heroism

  • A BTF 26-1 Graphic

    Bomber Task Force Europe 26-1 concludes, demonstrating global reach and Allied integration

    U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft departed Spain, Nov. 24, returning to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and concluding Bomber Task Force Europe 26-1, a two-week deployment exercising the U.S. Air Force’s ability to project power globally. During the deployment, the B-52 aircrews

  • U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach (right) tours a 90th Missile Wing intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility near Albin, Wyoming, Nov. 20, 2025.

    Peace Through Strength focus of CSAF’s Mighty Ninety visit

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach & his wife, Mrs. Wilsbach, visited F.E. Warren AFB, on Nov. 20, 2025, to gain firsthand insight into the Airmen & critical operations that form the land-based leg of the nation's nuclear triad.

  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach visited Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Nov. 19, 2025, for an immersion of the Air Force's nuclear enterprise. On his first visit as Air Force Chief of Staff, he received briefings on AFGSC's force structure, modernization programs, deterrence mission and vital contribution to national security.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.) This photo was altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges.

    First stop as Chief of Staff of the Air Force: AFGSC

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach & his wife, Mrs. Wilsbach, visited AFGSC, Nov. 19, for immersions into the command’s mission & modernization programs. This initial immersion, Wilsbach’s 1st official base visit as CSAF, underscored the command's pivotal role in the nation’s security.

  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Raeven Anothony, 2nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, uses a walkie-talkie during a simulated nuclear response training at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Oct. 1, 2025. Bioenvironmental engineering personnel participated in a radiation response training event focusing on dose management, monitoring and recovery procedures for potentially contaminated aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devyn Taylor)

    2nd Bomb Wing Establishes Certified Calibration Lab to Enhance Nuclear Response Capability

    Barksdale AFB is on track to establish a certified calibration lab for Ludlum radiation meters, making it the only base in Air Force Global Strike Command with this capability & one of two across the Department of War. 

  • A plane lands on the runway

    BTF 26-1: 9th EBS B-1B Lancers arrive in Japan

    A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers, Airmen and support equipment from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 17, 2025, to support Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with Allies, partners, and joint forces and strategic

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