Former Minot AFB missileers reunite
Submitted Photo Former Minot Air Force Base Minuteman launch control officers reunited during the Association of Air Force Missileers national meeting held in Minot Aug. 5-9. This photo was taken when the former Minot AFB Minuteman launch control officers and their partners toured the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot Thursday, Aug. 6. From left to right are Tom Grabowski, Jim Ford, Pat Ford, Linda Ward, Wade Ward, Dan McKnight, Deanna Donaldson, Bill Canavan, Janet Canavan, Dave Schindele and Diana Larson. They are from across the U.S. The former launch control officers were members of the 455th Missile Wing and the 91st Missile Wing at Minot AFB in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their visit included a tour of Minot AFB with the Association of Air Force Missileers national meeting group on Friday, Aug. 7.
Submitted Photo Former Minot Air Force Base launch control officers presented this framed artwork of Minuteman missiles to Jenna Grindberg and the Dakota Territory Air Museum during the group's tour Thursday, Aug. 6. Grindberg conducted a tour of the museum for the group. The artwork is signed by retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bob Parker, a former intercontinental ballistic missile officer with assignments including Minot Air Force Base.
Submitted Photo Former Minot Air Force Base Minuteman launch control officers reunited during the Association of Air Force Missileers national meeting held in Minot Aug. 5-9. This photo was taken when the former Minot AFB Minuteman launch control officers and their partners toured the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot Thursday, Aug. 6. From left to right are Tom Grabowski, Jim Ford, Pat Ford, Linda Ward, Wade Ward, Dan McKnight, Deanna Donaldson, Bill Canavan, Janet Canavan, Dave Schindele and Diana Larson. They are from across the U.S. The former launch control officers were members of the 455th Missile Wing and the 91st Missile Wing at Minot AFB in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their visit included a tour of Minot AFB with the Association of Air Force Missileers national meeting group on Friday, Aug. 7.
Submitted Photo Former Minot Air Force Base launch control officers presented this framed artwork of Minuteman missiles to Jenna Grindberg and the Dakota Territory Air Museum during the group's tour Thursday, Aug. 6. Grindberg conducted a tour of the museum for the group. The artwork is signed by retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bob Parker, a former intercontinental ballistic missile officer with assignments including Minot Air Force Base.