Minot AFB News

Missile officers from Minot Air Force Base are performing the duties at launch control centers in the Minot missile field since 17 launch crew members were decertified and temporarily lost their authority to control and launch nuclear missiles.

Officers at the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. earned a 'D' grade during a March inspection The Air Force has stripped 17 officers of their authority to control - and, if necessary, launch - nuclear missiles, due to their shockingly low proficiency in operating a missile launch simulator during a routine inspection.

The deputy commander of an Air Force group that oversees nuclear missiles at a base is North Dakota says the group is "in a crisis right now" after a recent inspection revealed what he describes as "rot" within its ranks.

Minot Air Force Base has long been home to B-52 bombers and Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, the latter in underground facilities in several counties.

Minot Air Force Base partnered with the Gracie Academy to certify 100 men and women of the U.S. Air Force in the Gracie Women Empowered program, April 15 to 19, 2013.

Friends of former North Dakota Gov. William Guy remembered him as a dedicated leader who spearheaded the Democratic charge in a mostly Republican state.