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Name: Minot Air Force Base
Brand: George Allen Larson
SKU: 9781467102926
Price: 17.49 USD
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From steamboats chugging through Dakota Territory to the intercontinental missiles housed at the Minot Airforce Base, history hangs in the balance in our North Dakota history books. Take it in over a cold one at a Bismarck brewpub or take your mind off it entirely with a nostalgic shopping spree at Herbst Department Store. With Louis L’Amour setting the scene in Jamestown and rival land barons raising the stakes in Fargo, feverishly turn the pages of North Dakota history.

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Minot Air Force Base

George Allen Larson

$24.99 $17.49 Save 30%

Fort Abraham Lincoln

Aaron L. Barth

$24.99 $17.49 Save 30%

Grand Forks Air Force Base

George Allen Larson

$23.99 $16.79 Save 30%

North Dakota Air National Guard

Maxwell P Sabin

$23.99 $16.79 Save 30%

Fort Abraham Lincoln

Aaron L. Barth

$7.99 $5.59 Save 30%

George Allen Larson

Minot Air Force Base

9781467102926

$24.99 $17.49 Save 30%

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.

Aaron L. Barth

Fort Abraham Lincoln

9781467126861

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Established in November 1872, Fort Abraham Lincoln was part of a larger complex of military forts throughout the United States. Named in memory of President Lincoln, the fort protected railroad workers as they continued westward construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Famous figures associated with the fort include George Custer; his Arikara scout Bloody Knife; and individuals from the Oceti Sakowin, what in the 19th century was called the Great Sioux Nation, including Rain-in-the-Face, Long Soldier, and Thunder Hawk. In the late 1870s, the fort also served as a place for Nez Perce POWs. In 1891, the fort was decommissioned. The nonprofit Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation spearheaded reconstruction in the 1980s. Several earth lodges from On-A-Slant were also built, and world-class interpretive programming was developed.

George Allen Larson

Grand Forks Air Force Base

9781467104081

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In February 1952, the Air Force announced its plans to build Grand Forks Air Force Base to support Strategic Air Command bombers and tankers as well as Air Defense Command fighter-interceptors. On February 8, 1957, Air Defense Command activated the 486th Fighter Group on Grand Forks Air Force Base. In December 1957, the Air Force activated the Grand Forks Air Defense System of the North American Air Defense Command. This sector became operational with the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system to cover the air space of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota and one Canadian province (Manitoba). The first Boeing B-52H Stratofortress arrived on April 29, 1962. In 1983, the B-52Hs were replaced with B-52Gs, and on December 4, 1986, B-52Gs departed the base, replaced by B-1B Lancers in 1987. The 321st Strategic Missile Wing became operational to administrate, man, and operate the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in December 1966. The Air Force made the formal announcement that it would remove 150 Minuteman III ICBMs with the inactivation of the 321st on July 2, 1998. After that, the Detachment 1, 9th Reconnaissance Wing arrived with the Global Hawk.

Maxwell P Sabin

North Dakota Air National Guard

9781467109437

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The North Dakota Air National Guard’s (NDANG) 119th Wing boasts an illustrious 60-year history of flying fighters. The NDANG can trace its roots back to the 392nd Fighter Squadron, which fell under the 367th Fighter Group. Many of its charter members began their careers in the Army Air Corps during World War II and brought their expertise and experience to their home station unit in Fargo, North Dakota. People like Alexander Macdonald had a hand in nearly every success from 1950 through the F-16 years as a pilot, commander, adjutant general, and then as a civilian advocate. Duane “Pappy” Larson is credited with being the namesake for the unit nickname “The Happy Hooligans.” The 119th unit’s history is a story about the people who achieved unprecedented accomplishments within the Air National Guard and, sometimes, even among the active duty US Air Force.

Aaron L. Barth

Fort Abraham Lincoln

9781467128896

$7.99 $5.59 Save 30%

This collection of mailable, vintage-photograph postcards features iconic moments from the history of Fort Abraham Lincoln. Established in November 1872, the fort was part of a larger complex of military forts throughout the United States. Named in memory of President Lincoln, the fort protected railroad workers as they continued westward construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Famous figures associated with the fort include George Custer; his Arikara scout Bloody Knife; and individuals from the Oceti Sakowin, what in the 19th century was called the Great Sioux Nation, including Rain-in-the-Face, Long Soldier, and Thunder Hawk. In the late 1870s, the fort also served as a place for Nez Perce POWs. In 1891, the fort was decommissioned. The nonprofit Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation spearheaded reconstruction in the 1980s. Several earth lodges from On-A-Slant were also built, and world-class interpretive programming was developed.