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Staff Sgt. Alex Graves and Maj. Zach Roycroft perform preflight checks for the first time on the Air Forceâs newest helicopter, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, shown in this Air Force photo. Graves, an Air Force Global Strike Command Detachment 7 special mission aviator, and Roycroft, 413th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, were part of the aircraftâs first combined test flight Feb. 11, 2020. The Grey Wolf is set to replace the Air Forceâs UH-1N Huey fleet.
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters.
Minot Air Force Base’s annual economic impact report always is a bright spot in the area’s economy. 2nd Lt. Rein Marie Northrop of the base’s 5th Comptr
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE - Minot Air Force Base contributed $622.3 million to the local area economy in fiscal year 2020. The base s annual economic impact report
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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.