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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  • Let’s Learn about the Cold War: Part 6 - The Korean War

    In 1945, the Soviet Union and the United States, allies at the time, freed Korea from Japanese imperial rule and occupied North and the South Korea, respectively. Two separate governments were created. Each government believed itself the legitimate one, and neither of them accepted the border

  • Let’s Learn about the Cold War: Part 5 - Containment

    After World War II, the Soviet Union was actively expanding into eastern Europe through both direct action and subversion, pushing communist influence onto countries like Poland, Iran and Turkey.President Truman made a pledge -- "It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who

  • Managing the mission

    A missile alert facility is not only a workplace for some Airmen at Minot Air Force Base, it is a home away from home. Facility managers hold the responsibility of ensuring this second home remains functioning, clean and most of all, comforting."You can think of a facility manager like a hotel

  • MAFB Red Flag 15-3 participants return

    Approximately 180 Minot Airmen returned from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 31, 2015 and Aug. 1, 2015.Along with 5th Bomb Wing personnel, the base sent four B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 69th Bomb Squadron to participate in exercise Red Flag 15-3, which took place July 13-31, 2015.The

  • "Uncommon valor was a common virtue"

    As he opened his protesting eyes, the unfamiliar surroundings slowly cleared into focus. The room was cold.  Dim lights, rows of Army cots, and no one there to answer the hundred questions he had. He ignored the blinding pain in his shoulder and the fogginess in his head, and gingerly sat up to find

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