Two F-15Es were waiting for us to play war games. We called our sortie "Actor" and theirs "Hoax". I enjoyed the maneuvers, but I felt a little green. I removed the barf bag out of my flight suit at one point and prepared for the worst. It was difficult to keep my breakfast down. Then, we did some low-level strafing passes at 1,000 feet above the ground and close to Mach 1 speed. I could tell how fast we were going because of the reduced altitude. The trees looked like tiny bushes.

Brewert told me when we returned to the base that we just burned 26,500 pounds. Brewert told me that we had only burned 26,500 lbs. We had carried 31,500 lbs. Whoa.

Brewer signed my flight gloves as a farewell gesture.Zenith Replica The gloves are now mounted directly above my ticket for a Virgin Galactic space flight in the future. It was a good flight.

Sleepy Minot is the hottest place in North Dakota right now. It has a population of around 50,000. 60 Minutes Australia and Marie Claire magazine visited the town in recent months. General James "Mad Dog" Mattis is the U.S. Secretary of Defense was there even in September.

Why the fuss? The U.S. Air Force 91st Missile Wing, and Fifth Bomb Wing are located in the town. The nuclear base has been brought to the forefront because of tensions with North Korea.

There are 150 nuclear-tipped rockets buried in the earth. If launched, they could wipe out a large portion of the population. Minot is one of the three nuclear missile bases in the United States (the other two are in Wyoming and Montana with their own 150-missile arsenals).

Clash outside of the Juliett-05 Nuclear missile silo

I'm in Minot, North Dakota to see the inside of one of 15 nuclear bunkers.patek philippe replica watches Each bunker is responsible for ten missiles. Then, we will have a briefing with the staff and the two missileers that will be taking over the current two. Shifts last about 24 hours. The replacements are First Lieutenant Damian Proctor, 25 and Second Lieutenant Matthew Ernst 28.

Next, we will take a van to the bunker. I don't need a blindfold. The bunker capsules, where the men who fire the missiles from are located, are 70 feet underground. And the silos, which are the actual underground missiles that are stored and launched, are on public roads. But you wouldn't know what it was unless you had been briefed.