Minot Air Force Base

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Minot Air Force Base
Near Minot, North Dakota in the U.S.
A B-52H Stratofortress of the 5th Bomb Wing sits on the MAFB flight-line as another takes off
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Coordinates	48°24′57″N 101°21′29″W / 48.41583°N 101.35806°W / 48.41583; -101.35806
Type	US Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.minot.af.mil
Site history
Built	1956 (1956) – 1957
In use	1957 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Jesse W. Lamarand
Garrison	5th Bomb Wing (Host) 91st Missile Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: MIB, ICAO: KMIB, FAA LID: MIB, WMO: 727675
Elevation	507.7 metres (1,666 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 12/30 4,022.7 metres (13,198 ft) concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Minot Air Force Base (/ˈmaɪnɒt/ ^ⓘ MY-not; IATA: MIB, ICAO: KMIB, FAA LID: MIB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in Ward County, North Dakota, thirteen miles (20 km) north of the city of Minot via U.S. Route 83. In the 2020 census, the base was counted as a CDP with a total population of 5,017, down from 5,521 in 2010.^[2] Minot AFB is the home of two major wings: the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing, both of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

Originally opened 67 years ago in 1957 as an Air Defense Command (ADC) base, Minot AFB became a major Strategic Air Command (SAC) base in the early 1960s, with both nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missiles and manned bombers and aerial refueling aircraft.

When SAC was inactivated in 1992, the nuclear mission of the base was divided between two commands, with missiles going to the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) and manned bombers to the Air Combat Command (ACC). With the establishment of AFGSC in 2009, missiles and manned bombers (excluding the B-1 Lancer) were transferred from AFSPC and ACC to AFGSC in late 2009 and early 2010.^[3]