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  • Operation Homecoming for Vietnam POWs marks 40 years

    Forty years ago today, a C-141A Starlifter transport jet with a distinctive red cross on its tail lifted off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, and the first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war began their journey home through Operation Homecoming.By the day's end, three C-141A aircraft would lift off from

  • Registration for 2013 ‘Soar into Shape’ happening now

    Registration for "Soar into Shape" has begun.The eight-week long challenge, co-hosted by the Grand Forks Air Force Base's Health and Wellness Center and the Fitness Center, began registration Feb. 11.The competition, which begins March 4, allows participants to decide whether to lose or maintain

  • Grand Forks AFB back-to-back Youth of the Year: Xander Burch

    Xander Burch has been named the Youth of the Year for Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for the second year in a row."The ... recognition is the highest honor a Club member can achieve," said M.E. "Coach Spud" Anthony, Grand Forks AFB director of youth programs,

  • AF Chief of Staff releases 2013 reading list

    The Air Force chief of staff published his professional reading list Feb. 1.In a message on the website, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said, "We are the world's greatest air force because of our Airmen...and we must continue to strengthen that team." He asks Airmen to take a look at the list that

  • Officers eligible for promotion should review records before MilPDS upgrade

    The data feed from the Military Personnel Data System to the Air Force promotions data systems will not be available during the March MilPDS upgrade. Some officers eligible for promotion consideration may be affected, including those eligible for the calendar year 2013A colonel line of the Air

  • AF leaders: Sequestration, more budget cuts will be devastating

    Sequestration would leave the Air Force with untrained people, a lack of equipment and be "devastating" to the service, officials said Feb. 7.The warning echoes what Department of Defense officials have stated for months about across-the-board defense cuts, in addition to an ongoing continuing

  • Winter storm closes schools, delays work on Grand Forks AFB

    Due to inclement weather conditions, Grand Forks Air Force Base personnel are authorized late reporting on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Personnel are to report for duty at 9:30 a.m. Storm essential personnel are to report for normal duty. Base schools and Grand Forks Central High School will be closed for

  • Grand Forks Air Force Base A&FRC to host Military Saves Week

    The Airman & Family Readiness Center here is scheduled to host several events in observance of this year's Military Saves Week from Feb. 21-March 1.Thomas R. Slaughter, Military Saves Week campaign coordinator and an A&FRC community readiness consultant, said the goal is help "military members and

  • Base Teen selected for Boys & Girls Club Teen Advisory Council 2nd Tier

    In a world where countless teenagers surf the web to check out the latest Hollywood gossip or funny viral videos, one teen here has been selected to go online for more serious reasons.That teen is 17-year-old Xander Burch who was recently selected to be part of the second tier of the Boys & Girls