The 91st Missile Wing, through their extraordinary and exemplary support of the U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) strategic deterrence mission, has been awarded the 2019 Omaha Trophy for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) category.

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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- A pair of B-52H Stratofortresses take off in quick succession during during a rapid-launch scenario here Oct. 28 as part of Prairie Vigilance 09-2, a combined-training exercise between the 5th Bomb wing here and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB.. The purpose of PV 09-2 was to exercise, evaluate and validate the 5th BW’s war-fighting capability in support of its Emergency War Order mission. The exercise, which lasted from Oct. 21 to 28, included aircraft generation/employment and aircrew testing/certification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe R. Rivera Jr.)


B-52s from Minot AFB and Barksdale AFB exercise rapid launch

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- A pair of B-52H Stratofortresses take off in quick succession during during a rapid-launch scenario here Oct. 28 as part of Prairie Vigilance 09-2, a combined-training exercise between the 5th Bomb wing here and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB.. The purpose of PV 09-2 was to exercise, evaluate and validate the 5th BW’s war-fighting capability in support of its Emergency War Order mission. The exercise, which lasted from Oct. 21 to 28, included aircraft generation/employment and aircrew testing/certification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe R. Rivera Jr.)

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Senior Airman Joe R. Rivera Jr.
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