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Grand Forks AFB

Grand Forks Air Force Base
Air Mobility Command.svg
Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Located near: Emerado, North Dakota
First Grand Forks RQ-4 arrives.jpg
Arrival of GFAFB's first RQ-4 in May 2011
Grand Forks AFB is located in the US
Grand Forks AFB
Grand
 Forks
 AFB
Location in the United States
Coordinates 47°57′40″N 097°24′04″W / 47.96111°N 97.40111°W / 47.96111; -97.40111 (Grand Forks AFB)
Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1956
In use 1957 – present
Garrison information
Garrison 319th Air Refueling WIng.jpg
319th Air Base Wing
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL 913 ft / 278 m
Coordinates 47°57′50″N 097°24′04″W / 47.96389°N 97.40111°W / 47.96389; -97.40111Coordinates: 47°57′50″N 097°24′04″W / 47.96389°N 97.40111°W / 47.96389; -97.40111
Website www.grandforks.af.mil/
Map
KRDR is located in North Dakota
KRDR
KRDR
Location of Grand Forks Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 12,350 3,764 Asphalt

Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: RDRICAO: KRDRFAA 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. In the 2010 census, the base was counted as a census-designated place with a total population of 2,367, down from 4,832 in 2000.

Opened 60 years ago in early 1957, the base's current host unit is the 319th Air Base Wing (319 ABW) assigned to the Expeditionary Center of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). The 319th Air Base Wing is commanded by Colonel Rodney Lewis and the wing Command Chief Master Sergeant is CMSgt Todd R. Krulcik. Schools on base: Nathan Twining Elementary School 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.


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