Story by Senior Airman Kyle Wilson | Minot Air Force Base | 01.20.2025
Standing watch – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year – ensuring the safety and security of Team Minot's missile fields, and the nuclear deterrence provided by them, are the Airmen of the 91st Security Forces Group; fittingly referred to as ‘Defenders.’...
Story by Airman 1st Class Trust Tate | Minot Air Force Base | 07.19.2023
“Our job as Missile Alert Facility managers is to take care of the members and the facility in which the intercontinental ballistic missile mission takes place in the missile field,” said Staff Sgt. Edward Maruna, 742nd Missile Squadron facility manager. “We do just about everything around the MAF to include taking care of the grounds, like mowing in the summer, snow removal in the......
Story by Airman 1st Class Allison Martin | Minot Air Force Base | 12.12.2021
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Going on alert and tripping out away from your home to a missile alert facility for a week every three weeks sounds daunting to most, but this life is normal for most of the 91st Missile Wing. For the men and women who support one of the nation’s most strategic assets in the Department of Defense, the missile squadron deployment cycle has a significant......
Story by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Day | Minot Air Force Base | 07.19.2018
The taste of spices fill the air while the thought of food fills your stomach with a sense of comfort. Almost nothing beats a hearty home-cooked meal after a long, hard day at work....
Story by Airman 1st Class Jonathan McElderry | Minot Air Force Base | 12.01.2017
When missile alert facility and launch facility equipment needs to be inspected or repaired, 791st Maintenance Squadron mechanical and pneudraulics section maintainers take charge....
Story by Staff Sgt. Delia Martinez | 341st Missile Wing | 05.11.2017
The 341st Operations Group and 40th Helicopter Squadron recently initiated missile alert facility helicopter refueling operations here, where seven of Malmstrom’s 15 MAFs installed helicopter refueling capabilities to expedite the refueling process....
Story by Airman 1st Class Brandon Valle | 90th Missile Wing | 08.24.2015
The 90th Operations Group controls 150 Minuteman III ICBMs, protecting America through nuclear deterrence. The missileers of the group’s 319th, 320th, and the 321st Missile Squadrons ensure that mission is accomplished 24-hours a day, seven days a week....
