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  • Last KC-135 deployer returns to GFAFB

    The last KC-135 Stratotanker returned to Grand Forks Air Force Base Oct. 4 from a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.This was the last deployment for the KC-135s assigned to Grand Forks AFB due to the base's transition from an aerial refueling mission to a remotely piloted aircraft

  • Breast Cancer Awareness month: get a mammogram

    In 2006, more than 110 women died every day--from one disease.Breast cancer.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this is a fact. However, here's the kicker:This death rate is a improvement. The Susan G. Komen website says, in the past 35 years, the death rate from breast

  • 319th CES hosts annual Snow Parade

    The 319th Civil Engineer Squadron hosted the annual 319th Air Refueling Wing Snow Parade Sept. 22 through the streets of Grand Forks Air Force Base.The Snow Parade gave base personnel a chance to see the wing's snow removal equipment and how the equipment will be used before the first snow. "This

  • 18th Air Force commander visits WOTN

    Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, 18th Air Force commander, visited with Airmen from Grand Forks Air Force Base Sept. 16 -17. General Allardice visited the Warriors of the North to witness firsthand the base's air refueling mission before it transitions to an Unmanned Aerial Systems mission."This is a

  • TRICARE: Don't take a chance, get a flu shot!

    If nine out of 10 people who played the lottery actually won, who wouldn't want to try their chances?When it comes to flu shots, it's the same odds. Nine out of 10 healthy people who get a seasonal flu shot, don't get the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).With