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  • Grand Forks trains for worldwide crisis scenario

    As tensions around the globe quickly rose last week, Grand Forks Air Force Base prepped to have its KC-135 Stratotankers in action when called upon. Fortunately, the words "Exercise, exercise, exercise" accompanied this doomsday scenario, meaning that this worldwide contingency was not a real-world

  • Gen. McNabb visits base to "thank Airmen"

    "Well, it's not your aircraft or ships or weapons - we have all that. You're enlisted core is unlike anything we could imagine. If we were to face you in war -- that is where we would lose." Gen. Duncan McNabb, Air Mobility Command commander, began his all call here by recounting a conversation he

  • 319 OG under new command

    The 319th Operations Group welcomed its new commander Aug. 29 at an assumption of command ceremony. Col. Bobby Fowler assumed command of the 319 OG after Col. Lee DeReemer's relinquishment of command in June. "Since [Colonel DeReemer's] departure, Col. Dave Sprague has served as the acting commander

  • Town Halls preview changes for civilians, supervisors

    Civilian workers and their supervisors recently got a preview of sweeping changes that will affect the base in the coming months. Senior civilian officials from Air Mobility Headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., unveiled the details of the new National Security Personnel System at two Town