Wednesday - October 23, 2024
News Tipoffs - North Dakota Editors Newsletter for Friday October 04, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Marking 30 Years - B-1B Lancer Performs Hot Pit Refuel at Grand Forks AFB
GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Yendi Borjas, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 28th Bomb Wing collaborated with the 319th Reconnaissance Wing to perform a hot pit refueling operation at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, Oct. 1, 2024, testing the adaptability of the base and its Airmen. Having operated B-1's in the past, the hot pit comes 30 years after the last of   more

New SF course delivers sharp, innovative Defenders to enterprise
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The revamped Air Force Security Forces Center's Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course is set to deliver sharper, innovative weapons and tactics instructors to the enterprise. The course is going through a final beta test at AFSFC's Desert Defender Ground Combat Readiness Training Center at Fort Bliss, Texas, which began in July and graduates in Novem  more

Proving Credibility: 91st Missile Wing Completes Simulated Test Launch
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexander Nottingham, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - The 91st Missile Wing successfully performed its biennial Simulated Electronic Launch Minuteman (SELM) test, the first phase of testing for the Minuteman III, at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on September 17th and 18th, 2024. "This year's SELM, named OPERATION GIANT PACE 24-2M, was conducted to e  more