Air Force Base That Lost Grenades Also Lost Machine Gun

By Tom Knighton

Talk about a bad week.

Frankly, I’m really glad I’m not an airman stationed at Minot Air Force Base right about now. You see, last week, we reported about the base losing a case of grenades for the Mark 19 grenade launcher. This, of course, is something we can all agree would be classified as a “bad thing.”

But the problems at Minot go a bit deeper.

You see, in addition to the ammo can full of grenades, they also lost a machine gun. Yes, a real machine gun.

The same Air Force unit that lost grenades is now missing a machine gun.

An M240 machine gun was discovered missing on May 16 during a standard weapons inventory at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, said Lt. Col. Jamie Humphries, a spokesman for the 5th Bomb Wing. The machine gun belongs to the 91st Missile Wing security forces.

“The 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing immediately began a search of their weapons inventories and opened an investigation with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations,” Humphries told Task & Purpose in an email. “This investigation is ongoing and more information will be provided as it becomes available.”

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Source:: Bearing Arms