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July 20, 2023
5AMXS conducts weapons load competition

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Tony Rodgers, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew member, signals to his team at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, June 14, 2023. Rodgers instructed his crew while loading an inert precision guided munition onto a B-52H Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by
July 19, 2023
Answering Our Nation's Call: the Life & Times of a Missile Alert Facility Manager

The brave men and women who manage and protect these facilities are missileers monitoring the missile, security forces members safeguarding the site, chefs feeding the people on site and the missile alert facility manager making sure everything runs smoothly.
July 19, 2023
AFGSC Chief Visits MAFB

Chief Master Sgt. Melvina Smith, Air Force Global Strike command chief, speaks to group chiefs from Minot Air Force Base Friday June 13, 2023 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Smith is the Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), and Air Forces Strategic-Air,
July 19, 2023
Minot Airmen maintain aircraft, ensure readiness during Bomber Task Force deployment

Approximately 150 Airmen assigned to the 5th Maintenance Group at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, including avionics specialists, crew chiefs, and aerospace ground equipment specialists, accompanied the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron on their most recent Bomber Task Force deployment to
July 18, 2023
Minot Airmen perform ACE concepts at JBER

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Bomb Squadron from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, takes off in support of a bomber Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 14, 2023. ACE enables convergence across domains, presenting an adversary with