Still 2 years away, Minot Air Force Base prepares for new helicopters Eloise Ogden, Minot (N.D.) Daily News via the AP February 21 The MH-139A Grey Wolf lands at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 19, 2019, before its unveiling and naming ceremony. The aircraft is set to replace the Air Force s fleet of UH-1N Huey aircraft and has capability improvements related to speed, range, endurance and payload. (Samuel King Jr./AirForce) MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters.
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By ELOISE OGDEN | Minot Daily News | Published: February 20, 2021 MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters. Helicopters are used to guard the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile fields around Minot AFB, F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming and Malmstrom AFB in Montana. Lt. Col. David Dammeier, commander of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron at Minot AFB, told members of the Minot Area Chamber EDC’s Military Affairs Committee during a recent Zoom military briefing that the Helicopter Operations and Tactical Response Force facility is an $80 million-$90 million military construction project.
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The Air Force has taken the first step in its plan to divest 17 B-1B bombers in the coming months, sending the first Lancer to the boneyard.
The divestments will reduce the active B-1 fleet to 45 aircraft, and the service plans to retire all of them by 2036.
The first B-1B Lancer bomber has headed to the Boneyard, Air Force Global Strike Command announced Wednesday.
It s the first step in the Air Force s plan to divest 17 of the bombers in coming months, reducing the active B-1 fleet to 45 aircraft. Beginning to retire legacy bombers, to make way for the B-21 Raider, is something we have been working toward for some time, said Gen. Tim Ray, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, in a news release.