From the hill to the hangar: Representative Fedorchak visits Minot AFB

U.S. Air Force Capt. Britton Blake, a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress pilot, explains air-launched cruise missile capabilities to Rep. Julie Fedorchak at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 5, 2025. Fedorchak is a fourth generation North Dakotan and visited the base to better understand the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Wesley Davies)

From the hill to the hangar: Representative Fedorchak visits Minot AFB

U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Hunt (left), a 69th Bomb Squadron weapon systems officer, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Britton Blake, a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress pilot, explain their roles and responsibilities in the aircraft to Rep. Julie Fedorchak at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 5, 2025. Fedorchak was sworn into the United States House of Representatives in January, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Wesley Davies)

From the hill to the hangar: Representative Fedorchak visits Minot AFB

U.S. Air Force Col. James Schlabach, 91st Missile Wing commander, explains capabilities of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to Rep. Julie Fedorchak at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 5, 2025. Fedorchak was sworn into the United States House of Representatives in January, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Wesley Davies)

From the hill to the hangar: Representative Fedorchak visits Minot AFB

Tech. Sgt. Andrew Sigler (left) and Tech. Sgt. Kirby Keith (right), loading standardization crew members, show Rep. Julie Fedorchak static displays of inert conventional munitions used by the B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 5, 2025. The B-52H Stratofortress uses many different munitions to accomplish a variety of missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Wesley Davies)

From the hill to the hangar: Representative Fedorchak visits Minot AFB

Tech. Sgt. Taylor Smith (middle), the 372d Field Training Detachment Non-Commissioned Officer in charge, and Staff Sgt. Austin Joyner (right), an electromechanical team instructor in the 372d Field Training Detachment, show Rep. Julie Fedorchak the outside of a training launch facility on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 5, 2025. The training launch facility is used in tours to show prominent members of Minot and North Dakota an inert Minuteman III missile that is used to train Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Wesley Davies)

From the hill to the hangar: Representative Fedorchak visits Minot AFB

Published May 13, 2025
By Airman 1st Class Wesley Davies
5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- U.S. Air Force Capt. Britton Blake, a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress pilot, explains air-launched cruise missile capabilities to Rep. Julie Fedorchak at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, May 5, 2025. Fedorchak is a fourth generation North Dakotan and visited the base to better understand the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Wesley Davies)