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Progress: $5B in future construction planned at Minot AFB

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – During the next 10 years $5 billion in major construction projects will be done at Minot Air Force Base and in the Minot missile field for multiple beddowns. Lt. Col. Khary Davis, commander of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron at Minot AFB, presented an update on ...

Electro-Mechanical Team powers mission

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE -- It is 30 degrees on a Thursday, April morning, which is generous for the early spring temperatures around Minot Air Force Base. The sky is overcast, a steady wind blows snowflakes across the prairie and the roads are slicked with an icy sheen. Still, the mission goes ...

Investigation is tale of contract assurance as ICBM modernization begins

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. — A two-year investigation here into an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) service contract shows the dedication the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) has for ensuring Air Force Global Strike Command’s no-fail missions are never ...

Air & Space Forces Association leader to speak at Minot AFB event

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE — U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Gen. Burt Field, president and CEO of the Air & Space Forces Association, will be the guest speaker at the Gen. David C. Jones Chapter #135's 42nd Annual Commanders Choice Awards banquet April 9 at the Jimmy Doolittle Event Center at Minot ...

Missile Community Cancer Study reveals more findings

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — During a virtual town hall Friday, March 27, the ongoing Missile Community Cancer Study reported an increased incidence of testicular cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma among missile community members. Neither cancer is typically associated with adult occupational ...