http://www.minotdailynews.com…
Joint exercise tests abilities to defend against air threats
By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE B-52 aircrews from Minot Air Force Base deployed to Guam recently finished a flying exercise this month over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex. The exercise tested their ability to defend against air threats.
A 10-day joint exercise, Red Flag-Alaska 09-1, [...]
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au…
h/t: legitgov.org
The United States air force is creating a new command centre to control nuclear weapons, after several high profile errors led to the dismissal of two top officials. In 2007 an air force bomber accidentally flew across the United States loaded with six nuclear weapons. Earlier this year it was revealed that nuclear missile [...]
http://www.washingtonpost.com…
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 25, 2008; A09
At least six Air Force generals, ranking from one to three stars, have had disciplinary actions taken against them for their role in the mistaken shipment of fuses for nuclear warheads to Taiwan, defense officials said yesterday.
http://www.cbsnews.com/…
(AP) The Air Force says at least three ballistic missile crew members at bases in North Dakota and Montana have been taken off the job while the military investigates allegations ranging from sexual abuse to missing classified components used in underground launch control centers.
hat tip ~ legitgov
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/…
ND towns unfazed by ICBM rocket booster in ditch
By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press Writer
Sat Aug 2, 3:23 PM ET
There’s plenty to talk about at the weekly women’s coffee klatch in the small town of Parshall, and no one bothered to mention the unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile lying in [...]
E~ anyone else find it fascinating that Minot AFB is involved here? I don’t believe in coincidences, especially not with nuclear missiles. Keep your eyes open
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/…
Thu Jul 24, 8:18 PM ET
A three-member U.S. ballistic missile crew fell asleep while in possession of classified launch codes for nuclear missiles, the Air Force said on Thursday.
hat tip ~ http://www.sott.net/
Eloise Ogden
The Minot Daily News
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:38 EDT
Minot Air Force Base definitely is getting a second squadron of B-52 bombers.
After a visit to the Minot base Friday afternoon, Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, assistant vice chief of staff of the Air Force, accompanied by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Rep. Earl [...]
http://www.buzzflash.com/…
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 5:02pm.
Dave Lindorff
A new report on the August 30 incident in which six nuclear-armed advanced cruise missiles were effectively “lost” for 36 hours, during which time they were, against all regulations, flown in launch position mounted on a pylon on the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress, from Minot AFB [...]
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