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Military

Minot AFB jet crashed into Lake Sakakawea 55 years ago

NEW TOWN – Fifty-five years ago on March 10, 1969, an F-106 Delta Dart fighter plane from Minot Air Force Base plunged through the ice of Lake Sakakawea, northwest of New Town. The pilot, Capt. Merlin Riley, bailed out safely before the plane crashed. According to the files of The Minot ...

Minot AFB welcomes home airmen from Guam

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Airmen from Minot Air Force Base returned home on Wednesday from their most recent Bomber Task Force deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The task force, given the name 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) and composed of about 280 airmen and six B-52H ...

Minot AFB hosts First Sergeant Symposium

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – A First Sergeant Symposium was held at Minot Air Force Base from Feb. 21-23. The symposium served as a platform for non-commissioned officers and senior non-commissioned officers to acquire essential tools and resources necessary to step into the role of a first ...

Corps, National Guard assist with ice jam

BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum received a commitment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Thursday to reduce flows from Garrison Dam upstream of an ice jam causing minor flooding on the Missouri River in Bismarck-Mandan. The major ice jam near Fox Island and the Heart River confluence south ...

Minot AFB B-52H bomber makes emergency landing

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – A B-52H Stratofortress bomber from Minot Air Force Base made an emergency landing at the base on Friday about 12:52 a.m. due to a single engine fire. None of the crewmembers were injured and the Minot AFB Fire Department arrived on scene and extinguished the aircraft ...

Prairie Warrior Auction benefits Minot AFB

Minot Air Force Base units and personnel will benefit from the proceeds of the 2024 Annual Prairie Warrior Auction. “Proceeds from the event will be used to send first-term airmen Home for the Holidays and help squadrons fund events, meals and other morale-boosting activities aimed at ...