Latest "Minot" stories

Air Force expands cancer review of nuclear missile personnel

The review now includes personnel who worked on, guarded, supported or operated ground-based warheads at Malmstrom, F.E. Warren and Minot Air Force bases.

7 months ago

For these airmen, launching ICBMs is a family business

Mother-daughter duo Taylor and Linda Tonnies have both turned the key on Air Force ICBM test launches, decades apart.

By Harm Venhuizen

3 years ago

Balance the operations tempo of the small and aging bomber fleet

William Shakespeare characterized the world as a stage in which a multitude of actors continually enter and exit. One such actor is the Eighth Air Force’s bomber force.

By Maj. Gen. James Dawkins Jr.

3 years ago

How Minot plans to protect America’s ICBMs from drones

Drones are both a threat to Minot's ICBM mission — and potentially a benefit.

By Aaron Mehta

4 years ago

Life as a female missileer: The TODAY show takes a look

What’s it like to be one of the 247 female missileers in the Air Force? Perhaps pretty much what it’s like to be a missileer of any gender.

By Ken Chamberlain

6 years ago

Ellsworth official to oversee bomb wing at Minot base

The 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base will undergo a change in leadership this spring.

6 years ago