Air Force relieves 2 commanders, 4 leaders at North Dakota nuclear bomber, missile base

The Air Power has relieved six leaders assigned to a North Dakota base answerable for nuclear missiles and bombers over a lack of confidence, the navy department mentioned Monday. 

Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara, commander of eighth Air Power, relived Col. Gregory Mayer of the fifth Mission Help Group and Maj. Jonathan Welch of the fifth Logistics Readiness Squadron, each primarily based at Minot Air Power Base. The Air Power did not establish the commanders, however an Air Power spokesperson confirmed their identities to Activity & Objective. 

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A B-52H Stratofortress plane assigned to the fifth Bomb Wing, Minot Air Power Base, North Dakota, arrives Could 4, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Six leaders from the North Dakata base have been relieved over a insecurity, the Air Power mentioned Monday.  (U.S. Air Power photograph by Workers Sgt. Greg Erwin)

“These personnel actions have been mandatory to keep up the very excessive requirements we demand of these items entrusted with supporting our Nation’s nuclear mission,” mentioned Gebara.

Mayer, Welch and 4 subordinate leaders have been relieved of command “attributable to a lack of confidence of their potential to finish their assigned duties,” the Air Power mentioned. The Air Power didn’t specify why commanders had misplaced confidence in all six people. 

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The fifth Bomb Wing operates the B-52H Stratofortress plane, which is among the two kinds of nuclear-capable bombers that the Air Power makes use of, the information outlet reported.