Making Minot's Case for Air Force Mission

One base among the six finalists for a new Air Force mission has a distinct advantage in landing ...  More »

One base among the six finalists for a new Air Force mission has a distinct advantage in landing the mission. That's what a consultant and former commander of andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/minot-air-force-baseandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Minot Air Force Baseandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; told members of Task Force 21 today. Greg Power was in charge of the 5th Bomb Wing from 1998 to 2000 and has been the consultant to the chamber task force for just over a year. He says the advantage for Minot Air Force Base in becoming home to the Global Strike Command, which will oversee all Air Force nuclear weapons, is that Minot is home to both land-based and air-based nuclear arms. No other finalist has more than one type of nuclear weapon. Power says even though it was a mistaken flight of nuclear warheads from Minot's base in 2007 that prompted the formation of the new Air Force mission, Minot Air Force Base would be a perfect spot to host the new command. (Greg Power, Task Force 21 Consultant) andamp;quot;On a personal level, I think it would be a wonderful signal for the Air Force to say, yeah there was an issue at that base a couple of years ago but we have confidence in that base doing its nuclear mission and to prove it we're going to put the headquarters there.andamp;quot; Power says a decision on where the Air Force Nuclear Strike Force will be located is due in June. Members of Task Force 21, including Power, will meet with the commander of the new mission in two weeks.  « Less