Control?

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Three officers from the 91st Missile Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota, fell asleep while in control of classified launch code devices. The Air Force reported the July 12 incident today. Here’s the Associated Press story. The story was first broken by POGO.

Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) chimed in about the recent problems at his base saying, “There have obviously been management and command problems at this base and the Air Force has made some command changes to respond to it.”

Ouch. Dorgan, as a member of the Defense Appropriations Committee, has invested millions into Minot. He does not want to see the base fail (We sure could use Dorgan’s Senate clout here in Montana).

According to the Associated Press:

“The 91st missile wing has control of several facilities, including 150 intercontinental ballistic missiles.”

Well, maybe not.

2 thoughts on “Control?”

  1. David – I can only imagine the scrutiny that’s happening at Minot these days. Leave is canceled, training on days off, no fun allowed. -Jack

  2. Whoa. That makes what — three black eyes for Minot in recent months? I would HATE being assigned to Minot right now…I suspect the atmosphere is rather…tense?

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