Grand Forks Air Force Base
US Air Force base near Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: RDR, ICAO: KRDR, FAA LID: RDR) is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles (26 km) west of Grand Forks.
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Grand Forks Air Force Base | |||||||
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Near Grand Forks, North Dakota in United States of America | |||||||
Coordinates | 47°57′50″N 097°24′04″W | ||||||
Type | US Air Force Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
Operator | US Air Force | ||||||
Controlled by | Air Combat Command (ACC) | ||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||
Website | www.grandforks.af.mil/ | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1955 (1955) – 1957 | ||||||
In use | 1957 – present | ||||||
Garrison information | |||||||
Garrison | 319th Reconnaissance Wing | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | IATA: RDR, ICAO: KRDR, FAA LID: RDR, WMO: 727575 | ||||||
Elevation | 277.6 metres (911 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
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The host unit is the 319th Reconnaissance Wing (319 RW) assigned to the Air Combat Command (ACC) operating E/RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) role. During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.[2]