Talk:Minot Air Force Base

SAGE
Info on SAGE belongs in that article. Since SAGE was activated in 1961 and the network operated until 1983, I doubt the Minot AFB SAGE was taken offline in 1963 as per User: Muj0 [|entry]. I got info from http://www.mitre.org/about/sage.html and from http://history.acusd.edu/gen/20th/sage.html. Correct me if I'm wrong. Cafe Nervosa 04:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

USAF is wrong?
I don't like to argue, it seems that you have plenty of sources that do not agree, but I got my information from Minot's Official Website Muj0 05:04, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * You ask a question that can start a lengthy debate, but deactivation in May 1963 seams like a waste of money. There may have been "military intelligence" behind the deactivation.  I will return the Minot SAGE deactivation into the artcile, but perhaps others can shed light on why this installation was deactivated while the SAGE network was operated into the1980s. Cafe Nervosa |  talk  18:19, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

In the News (October 2007)
Minot's in the news right now after the "unknown" flight of six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/19/loose.nukes/index.html - Ageekgal 05:46, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Just found there's already a wiki article referring to the incident. For more info, see 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident - Ageekgal 05:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Operation Persian Rug
>> Demonstrating the capabilities of the B-52, on 10–11 January 1962 a B-52H from the 4136th Strategic Wing at Minot set a new world distance record, flying unrelieved 12,532 miles (20,168 km) from Kadena AB, Okinawa to Torrejon AB, Spain. <<

FWIW, this mission was code-named Operation Persian Rug. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SienkRJ (talk • contribs) 23:30, 17 December 2013 (UTC)