Defense & Military

AF Senior Leaders Hold Nuclear Oversight Board Meeting at Minot for First Time

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Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
2/27/2015
More than three dozen Air Force senior leaders convened at Minot AFB on Feb. 20 for the quarterly meeting of the Nuclear Oversight Board (NOB), whose creation was announced by former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in November,…

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