Grand Forks Air Force Base
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.
| Grand Forks Air Force Base | |||||||
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| Near Grand Forks, North Dakota in United States of America | |||||||
Arrival of the first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk at Grand Forks AFB in May 2011 | |||||||
Grand Forks AFB Shown in North Dakota Grand Forks AFB Grand Forks AFB (the United States) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 47°57′50″N 097°24′04″W | ||||||
| Type | US Air Force Base | ||||||
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| 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 – 1957 | ||||||
| In use | 1957 – present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Garrison | 319th Reconnaissance Wing | ||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
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.
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