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  • Airmen of Minot: SrA Garrett Hightower, 54th HS

    When the term “flight engineer” is heard, some may assume it’s a job that requires intense desk work, calculations, and mathematical wizardry. In reality, a flight engineer is far more than that; they also fill the role of a loadmaster, sensor operator, hoist operator and aerial gunner.

  • 20th Air Force commander visits Minot AFB

    MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton, 20th Air Force commander commanderof the Twentieth Air Force, accompanied by Command Chief Master Sergeant Charlie Orf, visited Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Oct. 26-28, 2021.Lutton’s priorities for the 20th Air Force mission range from

  • Fleming Award Comes North

    For anyone who knows of Minot Air Force Base, you probably heard the phrase that has grown to be synonymous with the base and its people: “Only the Best Come North.” The 54th Helicopter Squadron added emphasis to that phrase when they were recently awarded the prestigious Fleming Award for the year

  • Minot rescue crew saves man trapped from flood

    Members of the 54th Helicopter Squadron at Minot Air Force Base responded to a search and rescue call involving a man trapped in his cabin, surrounded by rising flood water in Savage, Montana, March 24, 2018. At approximately 2 p.m. the crew received a phone call requesting a hoist-equipped aircraft