Five to be fired for Minot nuclear mistake

[GreatAmerican]

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The new commander of Minot Air Force Base says airmen there have something to prove and a reputation to reclaim.</p>

<p>“We’ve got to prove, first of all, that we are capable, and I believe we are,” Col. Joel Westa said as he officially took command of the base Thursday. “Once we do that, then I want to get back to business as usual as much as possible.”</p>

<p>Westa’s appointment, announced in October, came in the wake of a cross-country flight of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber from the base to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana in late August…

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