Grand Forks Air Force Base B-52

Grand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles west of Grand Forks. The host unit is the 319th Reconnaissance Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command operating E/RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft, in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance r…
Grand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles west of Grand Forks. The host unit is the 319th Reconnaissance Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command operating E/RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft, in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance role. During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command, with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.
  • Owner: Department of Defense
  • Built: 1955 – 1957
  • Elevation: 277.6 metres (911 ft) AMSL
  • Operator: US Air Force
  • Controlled by: Air Combat Command (ACC)
  • Condition: Operational
  • In use: 1957 – present

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