Members of the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile
Members of the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile maintenance team inspect a hoist at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. The five-member Global Strike Challenge 2017 maintenance team inspected pay... More
Tech. Sgt. Carl Snedeker, 91st Maintenance Group facility
Tech. Sgt. Carl Snedeker, 91st Maintenance Group facility maintenance section site supervisor, runs through a checklist during Global Strike Challenge training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. Snede... More
Senior Airman Damien White, 91st Missile Maintenance
Senior Airman Damien White, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile maintenance team member, performs a vehicle break check at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. The missile maintenance team performed ... More
Members of the 91st Maintenance Group power, refrigeration,
Members of the 91st Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical, laboratory Global Strike Challenge team, disassemble electrical cables at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. Berthiaume helps prepa... More
A member of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike
A member of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team loads a magazine at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team train... More
TSgt. Andrew Griffith, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron
TSgt. Andrew Griffith, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron Global Strike Challenge team chief, inspects a cable at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. To prepare for GSC 17 competition, the MMT performed pa... More
Staff Sgt. Jami Escobar, 91st Maintenance Group power,
Staff Sgt. Jami Escobar, 91st Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical, laboratory technician, inspects a payload transport electrical cable during training for Global Strike Challenge at Minot Air Fo... More
The 91 Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical,
The 91 Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical, laboratory Global Strike Challenge team works inside a payload transport trailer at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. The three-member PREL tea... More
Airmen from the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Global
Airmen from the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Global Strike Challenge team transport an inert GBU-38 munition to a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. During the competition, ... More
Senior Airman Brian Sanchez, 5th Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Brian Sanchez, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, reverses a jammer during the Global Strike Challenge bomb-loading competition at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 201... More
Members of the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Global Strike
Members of the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Global Strike Challenge team load an inert GBU-38 munition into a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. During the competition, the four-memb... More
Staff Sgt. Kyle Douglass, 91st Security Forces Group
Staff Sgt. Kyle Douglass, 91st Security Forces Group physical security NCO in charge, loads a magazine at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The 91st SFG Global Strike Challenge team trained i... More
Staff Sgt. Robert Cook, 791st Maintenance Squadron
Staff Sgt. Robert Cook, 791st Maintenance Squadron mechanical and pneaudraulics section Global Strike Challenge team chief, tests the controls of a guided missile maintenance platform at Minot Air Force Base, N... More
Airman 1st Class Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security
Airman 1st Class Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires an M9 pistol at Camp Grafton, N.D., May 4, 2017. Defenders combined physical training and weapons firing to pre... More
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, inspects munitions before they are loaded into a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. The t... More
Tech. Sgt. Kyle Douglass, 91st Security Forces Group
Tech. Sgt. Kyle Douglass, 91st Security Forces Group physical security NCO in charge, buddy carries a teammate during training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The team practiced physical fitness wit... More
Staff Sgt. Samuel Saintz, 620th Ground Combat Training
Staff Sgt. Samuel Saintz, 620th Ground Combat Training Squadron formal training instructor, surveys his area of responsibility for combatants during the 2017 Global Strike Challenge at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., May ... More
The mechanical and pneudraulics section’s tools sit
The mechanical and pneudraulics section’s tools sit on a workbench during Global Strike Challenge training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. During training, the four-member MAPS GSC team disassemble... More
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge fire M9 pistols at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The team trained in preparation for the upcoming competition, which chal... More
The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base,
The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, took home the Blanchard Trophy for Best ICBM Wing in Global Strike Command during the 2017 Global Strike Challenge. Trophies were awarded during a sc... More
The 91 Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical,
The 91 Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical, laboratory Global Strike Challenge team works behind a payload transport trailer at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. The three-member PREL tea... More
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team litter-carry a teammate during training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The team practiced physical fitness with buddy carries,... More
The 791st Maintenance Squadron Global Strike Challenge
The 791st Maintenance Squadron Global Strike Challenge electronics laboratory team poses for a photo at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. Electronics laboratory Airmen are responsible for inspection, re... More
Staff Sgt. Samuel Saintz, 620th Ground Combat Training
Staff Sgt. Samuel Saintz, 620th Ground Combat Training Squadron formal training instructor, scurries through a facility to get into a fighting position during the 2017 Global Strike Challenge at Camp Guernsey, ... More
Senior Airman Damien White, 91st Missile Maintenance
Senior Airman Damien White, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile maintenance team member, inspects a vehicle’s engine oil at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. These Airmen performed fuel-water sepa... More
Members of the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile
Members of the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile maintenance team inspect a payload transporter at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. Global Strike Challenge MMT members check a vehicle’s engine,... More
Airman 1st Class Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security
Airman 1st Class Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force member, prepares for Global Strike Challenge training at Camp Grafton, N.D., May 4, 2017. Benjamin, also a 91st SFG Global St... More
Senior Airman Angela Lage, North Dakota Air National
Senior Airman Angela Lage, North Dakota Air National Guard 219th Security Forces Squadron combat arms member, watches Airmen fire at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The team trained in prep... More
(From left) Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler and Tech. Sgt.
(From left) Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler and Tech. Sgt. Maxie Cardinal, 791st Maintenance Squadron electronics laboratory technicians, inspect a circuitry test set at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. The ... More
A security forces member from the 91st Security Forces
A security forces member from the 91st Security Forces Group on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., apprehends Staff Sgt. Samuel Saintz, 620th Ground Combat Training Squadron formal training instructor, during the 2017... More
Staff Sgt. Amanda Cannon, 5th Aircraft Maintenance
Staff Sgt. Amanda Cannon, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron team chief, stands beneath a B-52H Stratofortress during a Global Strike Challenge competition at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. Cannon wa... More
Ammunition sits on a table at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s
Ammunition sits on a table at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team trained in preparation for the upcoming competition, which challeng... More
Airman Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces
Airman Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires an M9 pistol at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challen... More
Staff Sgt. Robert Cook, 791st Maintenance Squadron
Staff Sgt. Robert Cook, 791st Maintenance Squadron mechanical and pneaudraulics section Global Strike Challenge team chief, performs annual maintenance on a transverse drive sprocket at Minot Air Force Base, N.... More
Staff Sgt. Jami Escobar, 91st Maintenance Group power,
Staff Sgt. Jami Escobar, 91st Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical, laboratory technician, monitors voltage inside a payload transport trailer at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. Escobar ... More
First Lt. Madelaine Ross, 319th Missile Squadron combat
First Lt. Madelaine Ross, 319th Missile Squadron combat crew commander, trains for the 2017 Global Strike Challenge inside the Missile Procedures Trainer at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., June 5, 2017. The m... More
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, inspects training munitions before they are loaded into a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 20... More
The 91st Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical,
The 91st Maintenance Group power, refrigeration, electrical, laboratory Global Strike Challenge team poses with their equipment at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. The three-member PREL team is respons... More
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks at
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks at the 2017 Air Force Global Strike Command Innovation and Technology Symposium Nov. 15 at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. (U.S. Air F... More
A member of the 791st Maintenance Squadron Global Strike
A member of the 791st Maintenance Squadron Global Strike Challenge electronics laboratory team removes an alarm at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. The ELAB team practiced maintenance on a circuitry te... More
Col. Colin Connor, 91st Missile Wing commander, pushes
Col. Colin Connor, 91st Missile Wing commander, pushes a Humvee with the 91st Security Forces group Global Strike Challenge team at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The team trained in preparation for t... More
Airman 1st Class Lesley Trevizo, 28th Security Forces
Airman 1st Class Lesley Trevizo, 28th Security Forces Squadron response force member from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is inspected for paint ball markings by 620th Ground Combat Training Squadron instructor... More
(From left) Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler and Tech. Sgt.
(From left) Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler and Tech. Sgt. Maxie Cardinal, 791st Maintenance Squadron electronics laboratory technicians, assemble a circuitry test set at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. Dur... More
The 91st Maintenance Group mechanical and pneaudraulics
The 91st Maintenance Group mechanical and pneaudraulics section Global Strike Challenge team pose with their equipment at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. The four-member MAPS GSC team disassembled, in... More
The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge
The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team poses for a group photo at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The team trained in preparation for the upcoming competition, which challenges phy... More
Tech. Sgt. Kyle Douglas, 91 Security Forces Group NCO
Tech. Sgt. Kyle Douglas, 91 Security Forces Group NCO in charge of physical security, prepares to fire an M9 pistol at Camp Grafton, N.D., May 4, 2017. The Global Strike Challenge team fired the M9 and M4 in a ... More
Team Minot Global Strike Challenge 2017 patch. (U.S.
Team Minot Global Strike Challenge 2017 patch. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)
Inert GBU-38 munitions sit on a rack at Minot Air Force
Inert GBU-38 munitions sit on a rack at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. The training muntions were used by the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s Global Strike Challenge team during their bomb-loadi... More
Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, holds an inert GBU-38 munition at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. The muntions were inspected, loaded onto a jamme... More
Senior Airman Colt Ray, 791st mechanical and pneudraulics
Senior Airman Colt Ray, 791st mechanical and pneudraulics section Global Strike Challenge team member, wipes sweat from his forehead during training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. Ray helped inspe... More
The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge
The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team poses for a group photo at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The team trained in preparation for the upcoming competition, which challenges phy... More
Airman Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces
Airman Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires an M9 pistol at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challen... More
The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge
The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team pushes a Humvee at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The team trained in preparation for the upcoming competition, which challenges physical fi... More
5th Bomb Wing Global Strike Challenge 2017 patch. (U.S.
5th Bomb Wing Global Strike Challenge 2017 patch. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)
Airman 1st Class Rosa Young, 891st Missile Security
Airman 1st Class Rosa Young, 891st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force member, pushes a Humvee at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team... More
A security forces member with the 28th Security Forces
A security forces member with the 28th Security Forces Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., enters a room to engage an enemy target during the 2017 Global Strike Challenge at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., May 1... More
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team buddy-carry during training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 1, 2017. The team practiced physical fitness with buddy and litter carries, ... More
Tech. Sgt. Carl Snedeker, 91st Maintenance Group facility
Tech. Sgt. Carl Snedeker, 91st Maintenance Group facility maintenance section site supervisor, inspects a payload transport trailer’s lights during Global Strike Challenge training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D.... More
Airman Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces
Airman Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force member, puts on a gas mask at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challen... More
The 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana,
The 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, took home the Fairchild Trophy for Best Bomb Wing in Global Strike Command during the 2017 Global Strike Challenge. Trophies were awarded during a score... More
A member of the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile
A member of the 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile maintenance team tests a hoist pendant at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. To prepare for Global Strike Challenge 2017, the five-member mainten... More
The 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron Global Strike
The 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron Global Strike Challenge missile maintenance team stands in front of a payload transporter at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. The MMT performed payload transporter... More
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, rolls an inert GBU-38 munition at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. The training muntions were loaded into an ai... More
Tech. Sgt. Christopher Schultz, 91st Security Support
Tech. Sgt. Christopher Schultz, 91st Security Support Squadron training NCO in charge, fires an M4 carbine at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The team trained in preparation for the upcomin... More
Tech. Sgt. Kyle Douglas, 91 Security Forces Group NCO
Tech. Sgt. Kyle Douglas, 91 Security Forces Group NCO in charge of physical security, prepares to fire an M9 pistol at Camp Grafton, N.D., May 4, 2017. The Global Strike Challenge team fired the M9 and M4 in a ... More
The 91st Maintenance Group mechanical and pneaudraulics
The 91st Maintenance Group mechanical and pneaudraulics section Global Strike Challenge team, repairs a transverse drive sprocket at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. The MAPS team performed assorted ma... More
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks at
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks at the 2017 Air Force Global Strike Command Innovation and Technology Symposium Nov. 15 at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. The two-day... More
Airman 1st Class Havier Vidro, 791st Maintenance Squadron
Airman 1st Class Havier Vidro, 791st Maintenance Squadron mechanical and pneaudraulics section Global Strike Challenge team member, inspects the bucket assembly of a guided missile maintenance platform at Minot... More
1st Lt. Ariana Maldonado, 91st Security Forces Group
1st Lt. Ariana Maldonado, 91st Security Forces Group executive officer, fires an M9 pistol at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team tra... More
Senior Airman Allen Farmer, 91st Missile Maintenance
Senior Airman Allen Farmer, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile maintenance team member, checks a tire’s air pressure at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 30, 2017. The missile maintenance team performed pa... More
Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler, 791st Maintenance Squadron
Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler, 791st Maintenance Squadron electronics laboratory technician, removes a circuitry set at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. The ELAB team inspected, repaired and calibrated ele... More
Airman 1st Class Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security
Airman 1st Class Ryan Benjamin, 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires an M4 at Camp Grafton, N.D., May 4, 2017. Defenders combined physical training and weapons firing to prepare fo... More
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance
Senior Airman Matise Venett, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, inspects training munitions before they are loaded into a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 20... More
(From left) Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler and Tech. Sgt.
(From left) Staff Sgt. Dustin Stetler and Tech. Sgt. Maxie Cardinal, 791st Maintenance Squadron electronics laboratory technicians, reattach a top panel assembly at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 31, 2017. The... More
An inert GBU-38 munition sits on a rack during Global
An inert GBU-38 munition sits on a rack during Global Strike Challenge at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 19, 2017. Training muntions were used by the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s GSC team during their ... More
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike
Members of the 91st Security Forces Group Global Strike Challenge team run during training at Camp Grafton South, Devil’s Lake, N.D., May 4, 2017. The team trained in preparation for the upcoming competition, w... More