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Military

Looking Back: Naming of Minot AFB evolves over decades

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Minot Air Force Base carries the name of the city of Minot but a number of other names were suggested before Minot AFB became its permanent name. According to the files of The Minot Daily News: In January 1960, the Minot Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs ...

91st Missile Wing completes Operation Bully Stick

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Airmen assigned to the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base successfully carried out Operation Bully Stick, an exercise designed to test the wing’s ability to maintain its critical role within the nuclear mission under shortened time frames during the fall of ...

Service members to receive $1,776 one-time ‘Warrior Dividend’

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – During a White House speech to the nation on Thursday, Dec. 18, President Donald J. Trump announced that about 1.45 million U.S. service members will receive a one-time, tax-free payment of $1,776 ahead of Christmas. The payment, described by the administration as a ...