HVAC: Keeping the mission comfortable Published May 27, 2014 By Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- The Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration specialists of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron are responsible for installing, maintaining and repairing furnaces, boilers, stoves, heat exchangers, burners, blowers, fans and radiant heaters. Climate control plays a large role in the comfort of the Airmen at Minot Air Force Base. HVAC is also responsible for maintaining electric, electronic and pneumatic controls associated directly with the refrigeration/cooling equipment. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch)