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  • 'Boom!' Staff sergeant recalls roadside bombing

    He had pieces of glass in his mouth and ears, six broken teeth, facial lacerations and a badly torn up vehicle, and he's probably lucky that things worked out so well. "I just looked up and 'boom!' said Staff Sgt. Chris Lelm, 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron. "I don't remember hearing anything - I

  • First seargeants save Airman's life

    "His face was dark red and he was pounding on his back. I asked if he was okay, but he didn't respond," said a Grand Forks Air Force Base first sergeant. Master Sgt. Timothy Brittain, 319th Maintenance Squadron, and Master Sgt. Thomas Doyea, 319th Mission Support first sergeant, saved the life of an

  • Grand Forks AFB Services wins Eubank Award

    The 319th Services Squadron was recognized last weekend as the best small base services program in Air Mobility Command. The Major General Eugene L. Eubank Service Award is presented to bases with fewer than 6,000 assigned military and civilian personnel for outstanding morale, welfare and

  • 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