Minot Air Force Base
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Minot Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in Ward County, North Dakota, thirteen miles north of the city of Minot via U.S. Route 83. In the 2020 census, the base was counted as a
A B-52H Stratofortress of the 5th Bomb Wing sits on the MAFB flight-line as another takes off
Minuteman III in silo (1989, Grand Forks AFB)
Approaching runway 29 at Minot AFB in 1973, alert ramp "Christmas tree" at bottom center
A B-52H Stratofortress taxis during an alert exercise at Minot Air Force Base during March 2006.
5th Bomb Wing
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The 5th Bomb Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force. It is stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The wing is also the host uni
Minot Air Force Base
…the 2020 census, the base was counted as a CDP with a total population of 5,017, down from 5,521 in 2010. Minot AFB is the home of two major wings: the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing, both of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Originally opened 69 years ago in 1957 as an Air Defense Command (ADC) base…
A 5th Bomb Wing Boeing B-52 taxis past the Minot AFB tower
31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron RB-29 Superfortress 1949
A 5th BW B-52H Stratofortress and munitions on display