Minot Air Force Base (Images of America) - Softcover

USAF (Ret.), Lt. Col. George A. Larson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 146710292X ISBN 13: 9781467102926

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

The Strategic Air Command equipped the 4136th Strategic Wing at Minot Air Force Base with B-52Hs in 1961. The first landing of the first B-52H was part of a celebration on the base referred to as "Peace Persuader Day." Over 10,000 area citizens came to the base to witness the historic landing. The wing was redesignated as the 450th Bomb Wing on February 1, 1963, and then again on July 25, 1968, as the 5th Bomb Wing--the name that it retains today. The base's location in the geographic center of North America made it perfect for a Minuteman missile wing complex to be built in 1961. This is the story of the Cold War-era construction of Minot Air Force Base and its continued operation as an Air Force Strike Command B-52H bomber and Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile base. With new nuclear threats arising from countries in Asia and the Middle East, Minot once again assumes an important role in the nation's defense.

About this title

About the Author:

Lt. Col. George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.), graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor of science degree in history and a commission as a second lieutenant in the US Air Force in May 1969. He is the author of Arcadia's Images of America: Whiteman Air Force Base, as well as numerous other military aviation and history books and hundreds of magazine articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 146710292X
• ISBN 13: 9781467102926
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128