Back Letecká základna Grand Forks Czech Base de la Fuerza Aérea Grand Forks Spanish پایگاه نیروی هوایی گرند فرک Persian Grand Forks Air Force Base French Grand Forks Air Force Base Italian Grand Forks Air Force Base Dutch Grand Forks Air Force Base NB Łichíʼí Biih Yílį́įdi siláołtsooí bichidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi NV Grand Forks Air Force Base Portuguese Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota Serbo-Croatian
| 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 | |||||||
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  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 / 47.96389°N 97.40111°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 – 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] | |||||||
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.
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]
- ^ "Airport Diagram – Grand Forks AFB (KRDR)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "History of Grand Forks AFB" (PDF). U.S. Air Force. 21 February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2014.