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  • Huey crews prepare for search and rescue missions

    As soon as the water of the Red River started rising, members of the 54th Helicopter Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., began preparing for search and rescue missions. Squadron members arrived at Grand Forks Air Force Base March 27, and they immediately started planning phases of mission

  • Officials create Air Force Information Protection Directorate

    As security forces Airmen continue to transform into a combat-focused, globally deployable force, they will transfer responsibility for information protection to a newly established organization, the Information Protection Directorate at Headquarters Air Force. The directorate emerged from Air Force

  • Grand Forks AFB to perform as NLSA

    Grand Forks AFB was recently tasked by U.S. Northern Command to act as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Logistics Staging Area. As such, the base will provide temporary facilities to house commodities, equipment and personnel to aid in FEMA's relief efforts in the Red River Valley.

  • Warriors of the North dedicate time, energy to flood preparations

    Emergency preparations began when Govs. John Hoeven, North Dakota, and Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota, declared a state of emergency in the Red River Valley after waters began rising at a record rate. Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds began working around the clock to mitigate flood damage throughout

  • New Online Videos Help Military Families Understand Health Benefits

    Grab the popcorn...military families throughout TRICARE's west region now have a new, easy way to learn about their healthcare benefits through one of America's favorite pastimes--the movies. TriWest Healthcare Alliance--the Department of Defense contractor that administers TRICARE, the military's

  • Airmen weary from "war" battle blizzard

    Recently, members of Grand Forks Air Force Base packed their bags and began processing for "war." In a mock deployment, Airmen set off to battle in a conventional and chemical combat environment. The pseudo scenarios were designed as training for the Warriors of the North in preparation for an

  • Closing a chapter at GFAFB

    A chapter of Grand Forks AFB history that began as the 22d Reconnaissance Squadron in 1942 at Barksdale Field, La., is ending as the 912th Air Refueling Squadron (dubbed so after consolidating with the 912 ARS, Heavy, which was constituted and activated Aug. 3, 1961) closes its doors at Grand Forks