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On 29 August 2007, six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H heavy bomber at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and transported to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The nuclear warheads in the missiles were supposed to have ...
The squadron, along with other bomber units provide aircraft and personnel for regular rotational deployments to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam part of the U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence since 2004. [3] July 2012 see the 23rd Bomb Squadron deploy aircraft and personnel to Nellis AFB for Exercise Red Flag 12–4. [4]
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 ...
Boeing B-52H-145-BW Stratofortress 60-0033, from the 5th Operations Group takes-off homeward bound after a deployment to RAF Fairford, England.. The 5th Operations Group (5 OG) is an operational component of the United States Air Force 5th Bomb Wing, stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.
Also, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, and operating the B-52H is a third unit, the 307th Bomb Wing, which is part of the Air Force Reserve Command. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its 5th Operations Group is a successor organization of the 5th Group (Composite) , one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II.
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 ]
Travis AFB, California (1959–1968) Minot AFB, North Dakota, (1968–Current) B-52B, 1959; B-52G, 1959–1968; B-52H, 1968–Current 23rd Bombardment Squadron 31st Bombardment Squadron (to 4126th SW 1/60) 72nd Bombardment Squadron (B-52H) Currently flying B-52Hs at Minot AFB. 6th Bombardment (later Strategic Aerospace) Wing, Walker AFB, New Mexico
The 741st 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 741st Bombardment Squadron in June 1943.