Airmen, B-52s to leave for Guam Eds: APNewsNow.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) About 300 airmen from Minot Air Force Base and several B-52 bombers will begin leaving this week for a five-month deployment to Andersen Air Base in Guam.

Minot base spokeswoman Major Elizabeth Ortiz says the base also has about 300 personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Kyrgyzstan.

She says the deployment to Guam is a regular deployment for the Minot base.

Information from: Minot Daily News, http://www.minotdailynews.com (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 09-28-08 0920CDT | save this article / add to your favorites list