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March 15, 2024
Fueling the fleet: 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron keeps Minot AFB helicopters in the air

Airmen assigned to the 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 54th Helicopter Squadron refuel a UH-1N Iroquois at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, March 7, 2024. The UH-1N is a light-lift utility helicopter used to support a wide variety of missions, including 91st Missile Wing convoy operations.
March 16, 2023
Airmen of Minot: SrA Garrett Hightower, 54th HS

When the term “flight engineer” is heard, some may assume it’s a job that requires intense desk work, calculations, and mathematical wizardry. In reality, a flight engineer is far more than that; they also fill the role of a loadmaster, sensor operator, hoist operator and aerial gunner.
Oct. 28, 2021
20th Air Force commander visits Minot AFB

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton, 20th Air Force commander commanderof the Twentieth Air Force, accompanied by Command Chief Master Sergeant Charlie Orf, visited Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Oct. 26-28, 2021.Lutton’s priorities for the 20th Air Force mission range from
May 25, 2021
Fleming Award Comes North

For anyone who knows of Minot Air Force Base, you probably heard the phrase that has grown to be synonymous with the base and its people: “Only the Best Come North.” The 54th Helicopter Squadron added emphasis to that phrase when they were recently awarded the prestigious Fleming Award for the year
May 5, 2021
Airman of Minot

Captain Kevin Cornell is a Helicopter Instructor Pilot for the 54th Helicopter Squadron. Originally from Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Cornell became a member of Team Minot in August 2017.