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Airman 1st Class Cameron Maxfield is a missile communications technician with the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron, shown in this Nov. 25, 2020, photo by Airman First Class Jan K. Valle. As a missile communications technician, Maxfield provides hardened, survivable communications to missile launch control centers. His squadron is a unit of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base.
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Minot Air Force Base contributed $622.3 million to the local area’s economy in fiscal year 2020.
This is a $62.9 million increase from the previous fiscal year when the base had an impact of $559.4 million.
Dec 15, 2020
Today is a significant day for the men and women of the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base.
It’s the day when both wings will be presented with the 2019 Omaha Trophy, a prestigious trophy recognizing the two wings for outstanding support to U.S. Strategic Command’s strategic deterrence mission.
The Minot AFB bomb wing is being honored with the Strategic Bomber Omaha Trophy and the Minot AFB missile wing is being honored with the intercontinental ballistic missile Omaha Trophy.
Minot AFB is the only dual wing nuclear-capable base in the Department of Defense. The bomb wing has B-52 bombers and the missile wing operates, maintains and secures Minuteman III ICBMs in the Minot missile field.