NEWS RELEASE: Minot Airman dies in accidental drowning at Lake Metigoshe Published June 17, 2013 By Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- An Airman from the 5th Bomb Wing was involved in an overturned canoe accident at Lake Metigoshe, Saturday, June 15. Tech Sgt. Jason Mower and another Airman were in the canoe when the accident occurred. The other Airman re-surfaced, but Mower did not. Emergency responders recovered Mower's body on Sunday morning. Mower was a supply noncommissioned officer from the 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron. Mower had been stationed at Minot Air Force base since 2010. He had 11 years of service in the Air Force.