Editing Minot Air Force Base (section)

====Cold War aircraft incidents====
*A KC-135A tanker (AF Ser. No. 58-0026)<ref name=58ser>{{cite web|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1958.html |website=Joseph F. Baugher |title=1958 USAF serial numbers |access-date=1 May 2014}}</ref> from [[March Air Reserve Base|March AFB]] crashed shortly after takeoff from Minot AFB on 17 January 1968, killing 12 of the 13 on board.<ref name=afck12>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bt1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4840%2C744635 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Air Force crash kills 12 |date=January 18, 1968 |page=1}}</ref> Major General Charles M. Eisenhart, vice commander of the [[15th Air Force#Cold War|Fifteenth Air Force]], was at the controls and over-[[Rotation (aeronautics)|rotated]] at takeoff in low [[visibility]], inducing a [[Stall (fluid mechanics)|stall]]. The survivor, a steward, was badly burned and later succumbed.<ref>{{ASN accident|title=58-0026|id= 19680117-1|accessdate= May 1, 2014}}</ref> On a staff visit from March AFB, the aircraft was departing for [[Glasgow Air Force Base|Glasgow AFB]], [[Montana]].<ref name=afck12/>
*In the early hours of October 4, 1968, a Minot B-52H (AF Ser. No. 60-0027)<ref name=ser600027>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=48285 |website=Aviation Safety |title=60-0027 |agency=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48285 |date=October 4, 1968 |access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref><!--{{ASN accident|title=60-0027|id=48585|accessdate= May 1, 2014}}</ref>--> was on approach, completing an overnight training mission with six aboard. It lost power to four engines and crashed in a field {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} east, with four fatalities and two survivors.<ref name=poicob>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BM8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KvgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4947%2C1572823 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=UPI |title=Probe opens into crash of bomber |date=5 October 1968 |page=9}}</ref><ref name=cpgtmom>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ic5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TMcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6349%2C480284 |newspaper=Southeast Missourian |title=Cape Girardeau pilot tells mother about jet crash |date=October 5, 1968 |page=1}}</ref> Among the dead was a lieutenant colonel just days from retirement, and the squadron clerk, on his first B-52 orientation ride.<ref name=ser600027/>
*A B-52H (AF Ser. No. 61-0037)<ref name=61ser>{{cite web|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1961.html |website=Joseph F. Baugher |title=1961 USAF serial numbers |access-date=1 May 2014}}</ref> crashed shortly after a midday takeoff on 21 January 1969 and burst into flames on a farm about {{convert|0.8|mi}} west of the runway, killing all six crew members.<ref name=b52ctsl>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CrdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aOkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3999%2C2245610|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=B52 bomber crash takes six lives |date=22 January 1969 |page=2}}</ref><ref name=fmkindc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z5NYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2363%2C1261112 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |title=Four men killed in N.D. crash |date=21 January 1969 |page=1}}</ref> An incorrect preflight fuel load distribution caused a stall on takeoff after a climb to {{convert|200|-|300|ft|-1}} and it made several pitch gyrations prior to the crash.<ref name=61ser/>
*During a training flight on March 10, 1969, a Minot F-106A (AF Ser. No. 59-0014)<ref name=59ser>{{cite web|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1959.html |website=Joseph F. Baugher |title=1959 USAF serial numbers |access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> crashed into the western portion of [[Lake Sakakawea]],<ref name=ser590014>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=138178 |website=Aviation Safety |title=59-0014 |agency=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138178 |date=March 10, 1969 |access-date=May 15, 2014}}</ref> about {{convert|50|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of the base. The pilot ejected safely to land and the plane sank below the frozen surface. It was not located until over 35 years later, in September 2004, after an extended search by a local surveyors' group.<ref name=pofplfinl>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/mathscience/2004-10-01-math-and-fighter-jets_x.htm|newspaper=USA Today |title=Parts of fighter plane found in lake nearly 35 years after crash |agency=Associated Press |date=October 1, 2004 |access-date=May 15, 2014}}</ref>
*While being refueled on the ramp early on 14 November 1975, a B-52H (61-0033)<ref name=61ser/> caught fire and exploded.<ref name=ebfamb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RE9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2774%2C3493829 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |title=B52 explodes, burns at Minot |date=November 14, 1975 |page=1}}</ref> Two refueling personnel were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.<ref name=tpllibf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8u9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=be0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7179%2C6025853 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=2 persons lose lives in B52 fire |date=November 15, 1975 |page=17 }}</ref><ref name=ser610033>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=48287 |website=Aviation Safety |title=61-0033 |agency=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48287 |date=November 14, 1975 |access-date=May 4, 2014}}</ref>