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Published March 29, 2010, 09:59 AM

Minot Air Force Base beefing up housing

Minot Air Force Base is using federal stimulus money to increase housing.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot Air Force Base is using federal stimulus money to increase housing.

The base on Monday was cutting the ribbon for a completed 144-room dormitory and breaking ground for a 168-room dorm. The second new dorm is expected to be ready by September 2011.

A third new dorm also is planned. The three dorms together will cost about $60 million and will provide 480 rooms. The base needs more housing in part because of a large number of airmen coming to the base for a second squadron of B-52s, the 69th Bomb Squadron.

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