MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, activated Sentinel Site Activation Task Force (SATAF) Detachment 12 during a ceremony at the base May 21. The event marked a crucial step in preparing the base’s infrastructure to support the ...
WILLISTON – The 42nd Annual Fort Union Rendezvous will take place as scheduled from Thursday, June 12, through Sunday, June 15, at the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site near Williston. According to Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau information, the regional tradition draws participants and visitors from across North Dakota, Montana and beyond to experience a living history reenactment that honors the fur trade era. Guests will enjoy black powder shooting demonstrations, period crafts, traditional music and interpretive talks that bring 19th-century frontier life to ...
A former Minot Air Force Base Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile officer who was involved with a 1966 UFO incident in the Minot missile field, will be a member of a “UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) and Nukes Panel: Disturbing Confrontations Over Nuclear Bases” on Friday during the Contact in the Desert Conference. Dave Schindele of Mukilteo, Washington, a retired Air Force captain, will be among several panelists, including Robert Salas, also a former Air Force missile officer. Salas was involved in an event at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, in 1967, similar to the one ...
The Minot Area Community Foundation (MACF) announced that it has continued its commitment to supporting veterans through two recent grants benefiting programs that honor and assist those who have served. Earlier this spring, MACF awarded a grant from the foundation’s Donald & Genevieve ...
Minot residents along with local veterans’ organizations and auxiliaries began their Memorial Day by taking time to honor and remember the fallen service men and women at a program held at Rosehill Memorial Park on Monday. Following a rendition of the national anthem by Erin Likness and a ...
