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B-52H Stratofortress from Minot AFB Running Training Operations in England

By: Staff Sgt. Kristen Heller, Minot Air Force Base | February 20, 2025

Ground crews play a crucial role in ensuring the readiness of military aircraft. Recently, U.S. Air Force personnel conducted post-flight checks on a B-52H Stratofortress at RAF Fairford in England. This event followed the completion of a Bomber Task Force deployment mission, underscoring the Air Force’s ongoing commitment to maintaining long-range strike capabilities. The careful

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Bomber Task Force 25-2 kicks off

by: MinotVoice | February 14, 2025

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives in support of Bomber Task Force 25-2 at RAF Fairford, England, Feb. 11, 2025. BTF missions enable crews to maintain a high state of readiness proficiency, and validate our always-ready, global strike capability. (U.S.

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How to re-engine a B-52 and make a new bomber fleet

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

Minot Air Force Base’s B-52 Bombers are part of a fleet that’s been flying missions for over 70 years. It’s a testament to the aircraft’s design and ability, and it’s a role that’s expected to continue for another 30 years, at least. But to extend the life is going to take new engines, and that’s

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MAFB Upgrades in Obama’s Federal Budget

by: Josh Wolsky | February 13, 2016

President Obama’s 2017 Federal budget includes earmarks for several upgrades at Minot Air Force Base. Eloise Ogden writing for The Minot Daily News has the story, but it requires entrance through a Google search page.

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The wonders of a B-52

by: Josh Wolsky | June 21, 2015

By Senior Airman Malia Jenkins For more than 50 years the B-52H Stratofortress has served as the backbone of the United States’ strategic bomber force. The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching the widest array of weapons in the U.S. inventory, including gravity bombs, cluster bombs, precision guided missiles and joint direct attack munitions

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MAFB B-52 Team Minot Stays Vigilant

by: Josh Wolsky | May 15, 2015

— Official News Release, Minot Air Force Base — Air Force Global Strike Command bomb wings participated in a major exercise this month, demonstrating the command’s flexibility and global reach while testing its tactics, techniques, and procedures. The annual AFGSC exercise, Constant Vigilance is designed to train and assess the command’s ability to perform its conventional

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Latest: Pentagon’s $55 Billion Mystery Bomber

by: Josh Wolsky | March 4, 2015

An addition to nations bomber fleet is in the works, and though the secret airplane is not projected to enter service until well into the next decade, this is a Minot story.

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