A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, prepares to take-off at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, July 14, 2021. Strategic bomber missions enhance the readiness and training necessary to respond to any potential crisis or challenge across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jesse Jenny)

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  • 51st Annual Sportsmen Feed cut-up

    Volunteers cut meat at the Sportsmen Feed cut-up event at Bloms' Locker & Processing in Minot, N.D., Jan. 22, 2015. The cut-up event preceeds the Sportsmen Feed event on base, which features an array of wild game. This year marked the 51st Annual Sportsmen Feed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman

  • MSU hosts military appreciation day

    The Minot State University Beavers held a military appreciation night for their men and women's basketball games Jan. 15, 2016. Chief Master Sgt. Geoff Weimer, 5th Bomb Wing command chief, threw the honorary tip off and Senior airman Rebekah Oyerbides, 5th Medical Group member, sang the National

  • The Syrian Civil War Heading into 2016

    The Islamic State dominates the headlines, but rarely without the words Assad and Syria creeping into the story somehow. As far as American audiences are concerned, tensions in Syria might have peaked two or three years ago -- but the Syrian Civil War is still ongoing, and any discussion of the

  • Desert Storm 25th Anniversary: Part 3 – Operation Desert Storm

    Though some controversy surrounds the American justification for direct military intervention, the U.S. coalition in support of Saudi Arabia made its opening moves on Jan. 17, 1991. In the earliest moments of Desert Storm, the focus was on airstrikes, largely under the command of Air Force General

  • Desert Storm 25th Anniversary: Part 2 – Operation Desert Shield

    Once Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, Saddam Hussein's behavior toward his neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia, grew more aggressive. The world's primary concern, on top of the invasion's effect on an already unstable region, was that Iraqi armed forces were now uncomfortably close to Saudi Arabian oil

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