Aug. 18, 2021 Prairie Vigilance: Staying Ready Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing here, participated in Prairie Vigilance, an exercise designed to test the wing’s ability to conduct strategic-bomber readiness operations, Aug. 9-14.
March 24, 2021 Wise Guy Returns to Service Approximately 13 years ago B-52 60-034 left Minot Air Force Base, headed for Arizona as part of a reduction in forces. The number of planes that had the same destiny as Wise Guy numbers between 10 and 15 according to sources at Minot Air Force Base. Expectations were that these planes may not see
March 23, 2021 "I'm not fragile like a flower, I'm fragile like a bomb," When I first came to the 23rd, I was the only female in my squadron. I was worried I wouldn’t fit in or be accepted.
Nov. 18, 2019 Global Strike Challenge Team Minot worked hard this summer while they competed in the Global Strike Challenge. Global Strike Challenge is the world's largest competition involving bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, helicopter operations and security forces.
March 7, 2019 Cold take off B-52H Stratofortress aircrafts prepare to takeoff at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. B-52s are ready to take off and drop nuclear bombs at a moments notice. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Heather Ley)