Celebrating 66 Years of Air Force Heritage

Senior leaders send Airmen, families birthday best

Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody issued the following message to the Airmen of the United States Air Force:On the 66th birthday of the United States Air Force, we salute the dedicated

Triple 8 Challenge boosts fitness, raises funds

The 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron Logistics Officers' Association (LOA) hosted the Triple 8 Fitness Challenge Sept. 5 at the base outdoor running track.The Triple 8 Fitness Challenge was designed to test the physical conditioning limits of Air Force athletes and to distinguish an elite group

HAWC Adapts to Changes

The Health and Wellness Center here is implementing various changes to their programs due to recent cutbacks.Leah Melquist, the HAWC health promotion manager, is now the only staff member on duty working to keep classes and programs operational, but she has numerous ideas to continue to improve the

100K & Going: Airmen at Grand Forks AFB help reach Global Hawk flying milestone

Although the days of the bombers and tankers are long gone, Airmen at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., are still finding ways to make Air Force history thanks to the Global Hawk mission. The Northrop Grumman Corporation recently announced that its high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft

Air Guard Units Redesignated, Activated

The men and women of the North Dakota Air National Guard who will lead the transition from manned aircraft to an intelligence group accepted the flags representing the new units during a ceremony today at the Fargo base. "The members of the North Dakota Air National Guard have weathered numerous

Global Cardboard Challenge coming to GFAFB

 A Global Cardboard Challenge event is coming to Liberty Square here Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon.The GCC was inspired by an enterprising 9-year-old boy named Caine Monroy, who created his own "arcade" of games made completely out of cardboard. His ingenuity gave rise to the Imagination Foundation,

Football, food & fun: Local communities & university show their military appreciation

Service members from Grand Forks Air Force Base were out in full force Aug. 30 for this year's Military Appreciation at the Alerus Center here.The event kicked off the 2013 college football season for the University of North Dakota football team and marked the sixteenth time the annual event has

AF tuition assistance application window delayed for FY14

 Airmen applying for tuition assistance in fiscal 2014 will see several changes in both eligibility for and administration of the program.Due to these changes, the application window for classes beginning on or after Oct. 1 will not open until Sept. 9 to allow for system updates.This program is

Happy Hooligans' last plane departs Fargo

The North Dakota Air National Guard's last C-21 aircraft has left the base. The plane, the last of eight that the unit known as the Happy Hooligans has been maintaining and flying since 2007, took off just after 11:30 a.m. today following a press conference that included recollections from