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Minot Air Force Base (/ ˈ m aɪ n ɒ t / ⓘ MY-not; IATA: MIB, ICAO: KMIB, FAA LID: MIB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in Ward County, North Dakota, thirteen miles (20 km) north of the city of Minot via U.S. Route 83. In the 2020 census, the base was counted as a CDP with a total population of 5,017, down from 5,521 in 2010 ...
On 25 June 1968 the 91st Bombardment Wing was reassigned to Minot AFB from Glasgow AFB, Montana which was closed and assumed control of the three Minuteman squadrons of the 455th. The senior 91st SMW had organizational roots dating from World War II and had been deployed from Glasgow AFB to Southeast Asia , where it had been flying combat ...
A missile crew member closing the blast door at Missile Alert Facility B-1, Minot AFB. On 25 June 1968, the wing moved to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. There it was redesignated the 91st Strategic Missile Wing and absorbed the mission, personnel, and LGM-30A Minuteman I missiles of the inactivating 455th Strategic Missile Wing.
This national historic site consists of three facilities: a visitor center and two significant Cold War-era sites; a launch control center; and a missile silo/launch facility, formerly operated by the 66th Strategic Missile Squadron of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, headquartered at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Box Elder, near Rapid City.
The last alert pulled at each Launch Control Center and the last time a warhead or missile was pulled from its silo according to pictures taken of art work / wall murals at each facility. 446th Strategic Missile Squadron. Alpha-Zero: A-1: 16 April 1996 reentry vehicle removed, 17 April 1996 missile pulled.
The 740th Missile Squadron is a United States Air Force unit stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The squadron is equipped with the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. The squadron was first activated as the 740th Bombardment Squadron in June 1943.
The 91st Security Forces Group [1] falls under operational command of the 91st Missile Wing, and provides command and control for four squadrons—the 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron, 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron, 891st Missile Security Forces Squadron, and 91st Missile Security Operations Squadron – for the active defense of assets vital to national security.
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 11 September 1951 – 28 May 1952 Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 September 1991 – 1 July 1994 Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 February 1996–present [ 2 ]