SECDEF visits Minot AFB

Her father’s footsteps

It all started with a trash can. She was young, maybe six or seven, and realized her parents had never purchased a trash can. Every week, without fail, she watched as someone came and collected the trash from the can they were provided in base housing. When she visited her grandparents, it dawned on

Aircrew mechanic protects lives on, off duty

Some of us knew what we wanted to be when we were children, while the rest might still be trying to figure it out.Sean Baker, an aircrew flight equipment mechanic for M1 support services at the 40th Helicopter Squadron, always knew he wanted to be a fireman.Unfortunately for Baker, a genetic

Celebrity chef visits Malmstrom, mentors Airmen

Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine visited Malmstrom Air Force Base recently to work with missile field chefs on preparing quality meals at missile alert facilities and to judge a Warrior Chef competition.Missile field chefs from Malmstrom, Minot AFB, North Dakota, and F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, came

SECAF visits Minot Airmen

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson met with Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing, 91st Missile Wing and community leaders during her first visit as SECAF to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 7-8, 2017.Her visit highlighted the importance of readiness, cost-effective modernization and leading

Twentieth Air Force Prepares for Inaugural Olympic Flag Exercise

The 20th Air Force will hold its first week-long, Olympic Flag exercise at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, to bring ICBM operators from the three missile wings together to demonstrate their expertise and to collect best practices across the ICBM force. “I'm really excited about our new

A titan laid to rest

After 30 years inside a hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, a Titan I missile was moved to its final resting place at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum in Box Elder, Aug. 16, 2017. Before a crew from the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron transported this historic behemoth to the cradles that hold it

Logistics Officers Association focuses on ICBM sustainment and networking

F.E. Warren’s Cowboy Chapter of the Logistics Officer Association took 15 Airmen on a professional development excursion to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to broaden their perspective of the supply chain while providing networking opportunities with other Air Force LOA members, Aug. 7-11.   LOA’s vision

Stride-for-stride

Dirt flies, muscles throb and lungs burn. The chase is on as he pushes himself to the limits. He is so close, yet feels so far away. Forcing every last ounce of energy out, he closes the gap on the familiar figure in front of him. Closer and closer, inch-by-inch as the distance diminishes over every

F.E. Warren AFB tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg

A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single test reentry vehicle Aug. 2, 2017 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Vandenberg AFB,