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- [Announcer] The Fifth Bomb Wing conducted

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Exercise Prairie Vigilance 16-1

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to validate the Wing's capability to execute

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conventional and nuclear-capable bomber operations.

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Team Minot airmen weren't given

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prior notification of the exercise,

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giving them the opportunity to train like they would fight.

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3,500 airmen from the Fifth Bomb Wing demonstrated

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their abilities during the weapons generations and fly-off.

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The exercise concluded

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with a successful rapid launch of 12 B-52s.

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Reporting from Minot Air Force Base,

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I'm A1C Izabella Sullivan.