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Volunteers give air museum’s F-15 facelift

Volunteers have been giving a facelift to the F-15, an outdoor static display at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot. The painting began prior to the early June reunion of former F-15 pilots and their spouses from across the country held at the air museum. Darrel Kerzmann, museum ...

Honoring veterans with quilts

Lynn Heald, leader of the Minot Peace and Honor Quilts of Valor, has presented about 75 quilts each year to honor veterans since presenting the first one in 2020. She said all of the quilts are made by local women and men. Recently, Heald presented quilts to Andy Siakala and Brock Gilstad, ...

Top Air Force officials visit base

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Minot Air Force Base hosted U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink and Sentinel program overseer Gen. Dale White on Monday, June 29, to offer a look at base operations and discuss the proposed modernization efforts. U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, a member of the Senate ...

Upcoming Minot area veterans’ events

July 1: DAV Coffee in Ward County Administration Building Veterans Room at 2 p.m., speaker Attorney Anthony Cooper of Maverick Law Group. July 13: Edgewood on 10th free veterans lunch at 12:15 p.m. July 13: Our Redeemer's Military and Veterans Coffee-and-Cookies Group Discussion at 7 p.m., Our Redeemer's Lutheran Brethren Church, 700 16th Ave. SE. Enter at door 15 by the parked buses. July 14: Somerset Court free veterans lunch at noon. July 15: DAV Coffee in Ward County Administration Building Veterans Room at 2 p.m., speaker Tonya Parker, director of Public Relations, ...

Exercise prepares airmen for expeditionary operations

FARGO — More than 120 airmen from Minot Air Force Base recently spent four days honing expeditionary skills and strengthening mission readiness during a bivouac exercise at the 119th Air National Guard Regional Training Site in Fargo. A bivouac is a field training exercise that places ...

ND’s longest living World War II veteran dies

North Dakota’s longest living World War II veteran has died. Ray Curtis, Minot, formerly of Columbus, died Sunday, June 21, at a Minot assisted living facility. He was 109 years old. In recent years, he was recognized as one of the oldest living World War II veterans in North Dakota and ...