Air Combat Command

Minot Airmen team up with Navy

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – A B-52 Stratofortress takes off from here armed with four Mk 56 mines Nov 3. This sortie was the 10th and final mission of a week-long joint sea mine laying exercise with the Navy. The B-52s dropped a total of 98 inert mines on two practice mine fields that were 3-miles long, and a mile wide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Petosky)

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Minot Airmen team up with Navy

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Staff Sgt. Joshua Sweet (right) gives directions to Airman 1st Class Wayne Robinson (left) while positioning a Mk 56 mine under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress. Once in position, Staff Sgt. Jason Smith (middle) and Sergeant Sweet will secure the weapon to the heavy stores adapter beam. These 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loaders were critical in the success of a joint week-long mine exercise which concluded Nov 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Petosky)

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Deployed Minot Airmen team up with Navy

Published Nov. 13, 2006