The Freeper Canteen - Road Trip: Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota - Wednesday, Septemeber 13, 2017

The greatest troops and vets in the whole world | Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | laurenmarlowe

[luvie]

 

 

​​​​ ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

​​​​Road Trip: Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota

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​​​​Minot Air Force Base is a ​​​​U.S. Air Force installation in Ward County, North Dakota, 13 ​​​​miles north of the city of Minot via U.S. 83. In the 2010 ​​​​census, the base was counted as a CDP with a total population of ​​​​5,521. Minot AFB is the home of two major wings: the 5th Bomb ​​​​Wing and 91st Missile Wing, both of the Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

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​​​​Originally opened in 1957 ​​​​as an Air Defense Command (ADC) base, Minot AFB became a major ​​​​Strategic Air Command (SAC) base in the early 1960s, with both ​​​​nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles and manned ​​​​bombers and aerial refueling aircraft. ​​​​

​​​​When SAC was inactivated ​​​​in 1992, the nuclear mission of the base was divided between two ​​​​commands, with missiles going to the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) ​​​​and manned bombers to the Air Combat Command (ACC). With the ​​​​establishment of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) in ​​​​2009, missiles and manned bombers (excluding the B-1 Lancer) ​​​​were transferred from AFSPC and ACC to AFGSC in the late 2009 ​​​​and early 2010.

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​​​​The 5th Bomb Wing (5 BW) ​​​​is an element of the Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and is the ​​​​host unit at Minot AFB; its commander is dual-hatted as the ​​​​installation commander and the unit is responsible for all base ​​​​services, such as housing/billeting, medical, MWR, library, ​​​​Officers' Club, etc. ​​​​

​​​​The primary mission of ​​​​the 5th Bomb Wing is to maintain and operate B-52H bombers ​​​​assigned to the 23d Bomb Squadron and the 69th Bomb Squadron. ​​​​Minot AFB is one of two remaining bases with B-52s; the other is ​​​​Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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​​​​The 91st Missile Wing (91 ​​​​MW) of the Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is responsible for ​​​​maintaining the Minuteman III nuclear missiles, located in three ​​​​main fields to the north, west, and south of the base. ​​​​Previously known as the 91st Space Wing, it was renamed as a ​​​​missile wing in June 2008. ​​​​

​​​​It is one of the Air ​​​​Force’s three operational intercontinental ballistic missile ​​​​units, with Malmstrom AFB at Great Falls, Montana, and F.E. ​​​​Warren AFB at Cheyenne, Wyoming. In addition to its missiles, ​​​​the wing also operates a squadron of UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters ​​​​in support of missile and launch control sites.

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​​​​ ​​​​Learn ​​​​More About Minot Air Force Base HERE!!

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​​​​ FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

​​​​ We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

​​​​ We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

​​​​ We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

​​​​ God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[radu]

WOOHOO! Snatched that #50 tonight!

[MoochPooch]

All the best to Diana. Evening, everyone else.

[MountainDad]

Freezin’s the reason...

[oldteen]

No more here but many up the hill. Serious TS going on in several places. Ugh!

[oldteen]

Gee. Didn’t even see that!

[radu]

Amazing what you can do with one.

That's what I hear but I've never had a desire for a cell phone. I just find other things to do until everything's working again. Fortunately, we haven't had problems for quite a while since we ditched satellite.

[oldteen]

Thanks L but you shouldn’t have. Really. (*.*)

[radu]

Dang. If they aren’t going to dump rain, those storms need to fizzle out!

[PROCON]

Heh-heh, just trying to keep you on your toes!

The "likes of me"?

I'm just an innocent, warm and fuzzy guy trying to give you Canteen galz a hard time.

[oldteen]

Got lucky I guess.

Trying to do too many things at once and not paying close attention to any of them except dinner on the stove!

[SkyDancer]

Hai LUV! (((HUGS))) - sitting around bidding on routes, hoping to get Puerto Rico as a trip then over to Cancun. Whoopie. But more senior people get those and I’m stuck with places like Bismark, or Missoula. Reno isn’t bad if I can do an overnighter.

[radu]

I’m waiting to see which one of them calls you brat first. LOL

[radu]

Hey, that’s the best way to get ‘em! LOL!

You’ve got your priorities straight. Dinner on the stove is MOST important. :-)

[oldteen]

Perhaps warm and fuzzy but innocent? Hmmmm...is that what it’s called these days?

Iz just funnin’ ya big guy. You know we all (cough, cough) luv ya! ;-)

[oldteen]

When the son and daughter are both here I, unfortunately, have to be a little more parental! lol

[OldMissileer]

Why Not Minot?

Only those who have been stationed there or live in the Dakotas can answer this query correctly.

Freezin's the reason.

[radu]

Kinda takes the fun out of having kids, doesn’t it? LOL

[PROCON]

OK, you Galz, my boy just barged in and demanded food, so I'm off to the kitchen. (yeah, I'm a pushover for the boy)

Later!

[radu]

Cool! Glad to hear he had some time to stop by this evening. Have fun chowin’ down and saving the world!

[oldteen]

Your thread is just TDF!