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  • From boilers to backhoes: how 5 CES keeps Minot AFB’s heart beating

    Beneath the icy crust of North Dakota’s unforgiving winters, where temperatures plunge to extremes most Americans never experience, a dedicated team of Airmen and civilians work around the clock to keep a decades-old installation ready. They’re the Airmen of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron and

  • Paws on Patrol: 5SFS military working dogs train for mission success

    Manson-Pogo, 5th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, looks through a tunnel obstacle during training at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, April 21, 2025. Obstacle courses improve a dog’s strength, coordination, balance and endurance, improving their ability to navigate challenging

  • Bomber Barons conclude exercise Red Flag 25-2

    The “Bomber Barons” of the 23rd Bomb Squadron concluded exercise Red Flag 25-2 here, March 21.This iteration of the advanced aerial combat training exercise, which takes place annually at Nellis AFB, featured five B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the 23BS. The bombers deployed from Minot AFB, North

  • From dusk until dawn: Red Flag 25-2 operations continue through the night

    A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron taxis on the flightline during Red Flag 25-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 11, 2025. Exercises such as Red Flag deter potential adversaries by demonstrating the ability to deploy long range strike forces and deliver

  • Waves to Wings: A journey through leadership

    The path from enlisted service member to a commissioned officer in the U.S. military is one of determination, growth and resilience. Few embody this journey more profoundly than U.S. Air Force Colonel Rofellio Grinston, 5th Maintenance Group commander at Minot Air Force Base, whose career spans the

  • Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force visits Minot AFB

    Team Minot leadership salute the plane carrying U.S. Air Force Gen. Jim Slife, Air Force vice chief of staff VCSAF), in preparation for a base and operations tour at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 15, 2025. Slife visited Minot AFB to discuss facilities sustainment, restoration

  • Bomber Task Force 25-2 kicks off

    A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft arrives in support of Bomber Task Force 25-2 at RAF Fairford, England, Feb. 11, 2025. BTF missions enable crews to maintain a high state of readiness proficiency, and validate our always-ready, global strike capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior

  • Team Minot inducts newest honorary commanders

    Team Minot leaders and newly inducted honorary commanders pose for a photo at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Jan. 15, 2025. The honorary commander program aims to connect Team Minot leaders with leaders from the local community to foster mutual support, partnership, and awareness of Team

  • 5th Bomb Wing executes base-wide readiness exercise

    The 5th Bomb Wing conducted a base-wide readiness exercise, or Warbird Week, from May 1-8. Warbird Week is a routine base-wide readiness exercise designed to test 5th BW Airmen’s abilities to operate in a variety of scenarios. As part of the exercise, various circumstances and conditions were

  • Combat Raider 19-1 keeps forces ready, lethal

    Aircrew from all 8th Air Force bases flew over the Powder River Training Complex together for the first time during Combat Raider 19-1 on Oct. 16-18. They coordinated with joint tactical air controllers from the Royal Canadian Armed Forces and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, who helped