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  • 2010 CENSUS Door-to-door at Grand Forks AFB

    As of April 20, 71 percent of the nation's households have mailed back their 2010 Census forms. With your cooperation Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. has exceeded the nation's average at 75 percent. Starting May 1, the U.S. Census Bureau is preparing for the door-to-door follow-up phase of the 2010

  • GFAFB aids Afghan soldiers with socks

    In order to prevent Afghan soldiers from suffering frostbite and blisters on their feet during the year, Grand Forks Air Force Base is holding a collection drive for a simple yet effective solution; socks.The 'Got Socks?' drive will run throughout the month of May in an effort to collect as many

  • Support from GFAFB Airmen yields new warehouse for non-profit agency

    Airmen from Grand Forks Air Force Base Communications Squadron have been volunteering during weekends and days off for more than two years in support of the Red River Valley Community Action Agency, a non-profit organization serving more than 1,900 households in four counties.1st Lt. Christine

  • GFAFB launches Facebook, Twitter sites

    In response to the growing use of social networking sites, Col. Don Shaffer, 319th Air Refueling Wing commander, and Airmen volunteers, launched the base's first social networking sites on Facebook and Twitter, April 19.These sites will serve as an open forum to better communicate with Airmen and

  • TRICARE: Get hip to HIPAA

    Whether you access your health care through TRICARE or a private health insurance plan, you've probably had to sign a HIPAA form every time you filled out paperwork at your doctor's office. Do you know why? What exactly is HIPAA, and what does it mean for you? HIPAA is shorthand for the Health

  • WOTN receive recognition

    The Grand Forks AFB recognized exceptional Warriors of the North during the 319th Air Refueling Wing's Quarterly Awards at the base theater, April 15."It is important to recognize Airmen and civilians because of all the hard work they do for the U.S. Air Force, this wing and community," said Senior

  • 27 local leaders attend UAS tour at Beale AFB

    Twenty-seven local civic leaders from Grand Forks toured Beale Air Force Base, Calif. April 15 and 16 to learn about the Global Hawk and Unmanned Aerial Systems mission.With Grand Forks AFB's mission changing from KC-135 Stratotanker's to UAS's, the tour gave civic leaders a chance to learn about

  • Airman pleads guilty in special court-martial

    On April 13, an Airman from the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron was tried by a special court-martial. The Airman pled guilty to and was convicted of one specification of UCMJ Article 121, Larceny, and two specifications of Article 86, Absence Without Leave. The trial lasted one day and the Airman