May 14, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
MINOT Air Force officials and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven say the intercontinental ballistic missile for a planned test launch that was scrapped last month because of mounting tensions with North Korea was to have come from the Minot Air Force Base missile field. Continue Reading
May 9, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON The general who commands the nation’s nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air Force officers who operate nuclear missiles. But he told Congress Thursday he was not alarmed by their shortcomings. Continue Reading
February 8, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
MINOT Minot Air Force Base says it contributed a record amount to the local economy in the last fiscal year. Continue Reading
October 13, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The city of Minot is trying to raise money for a model of the B-52 airplane. The model is meant as a gift to the Minot Air Force Base, which is home to the 5th Bomb Wing. Cost of the project is $75,000. Continue Reading
August 17, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A top Norwegian military officer says he’s impressed by the Minot Air Force Base. Gen. Harald Sunde toured the base’s 5th Bomb Wing and the 91st Missile Wing on Wednesday. Sunde is Norway’s chief of defense. Continue Reading
March 22, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Senator meets with senior Air Force official about Global Hawk, encourages Grand Forks as site of new refueling tanker missionHoeven met with Terry Yonkers, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and logistics, in preparation for a hearing next Tuesday of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction. The group will review the Air Force’s military construction budget for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. Continue Reading
March 20, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
That’s down slightly from an estimated $514 million the previous year. Continue Reading
November 9, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Gruesome revelations about mishandling the nation’s war dead mark the Air Force’s second embarrassing failure in three years, following the time when airmen from Minot Air Force Base mistakenly flew a B-52 armed with nuclear weapons across the country.
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April 22, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
U.S. Air Force airmen have placed sandbags and built earthen dikes to prevent snowmelt from flooding underground nuclear missile silos in western North Dakota.
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March 18, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A North Dakota Air National Guard unit has been named the top such unit in the nation. Continue Reading
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