Minot Air Force Base, Military Base

Heavy fog covers a sign at the front of the base entrance at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 16, 2022. Minot AFB is home to the B-52H Stratofortress and the Minuteman lll Ballistic Missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Alysa Knott)

Minot Air Force Base is home to the 5th Bomb Wing which is Minot's host wing. The mission of this host wing is skilled, proud Airmen providing full spectrum, expeditionary, B-52H global strike and combat support capabilities to geographic commanders and the Commander, USSTRATCOM, and 91st Missile Wing (AFGSC) mission support...Weapons on target, on time!

The 91st Missile Wing, AFGSC mission is to defend the United States with safe, secure intercontinental ballistic missiles, ready to immediately put bombs on target.

Minot Air Force Base Information

Condition: Operational
Years in Use: 1957 – present
Controlled by: Air Force Global Strike Command
Current Commander: Colonel Jesse W. Lamarand
Garrison: 5th Bomb Wing
Base Occupants: 5th Bomb Wing, 91st Missile Wing
Open to the Public: No