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  • Community members reach out to base families

    Members of a Grand Forks church recently played “Santa” for base children with a special presentation to the wing Dec. 4. Col. Lee DeRemer, 319th Operations Group commander, gratefully accepted several bags of toys donated by members of Grand Forks’ First Presbyterian Church during the

  • 340th EARS takes tanker frenzy in stride

    When it comes to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at this forward deployed location, passing gas isn’t considered rude, in fact it’s encouraged. After a short notice ramp closure at another deployed location, six KC- 35 Stratotankers and three KC- 10 Extender air refueling aircraft,

  • Grand Forks Airmen go to war.....right here on base

    For several days this past December, hundreds of Warriors of the North went to war, operating from a “deployed” location right here on base. The “war,” an Ability to Survive and Operate exercise, tested the expeditionary readiness of Warriors of the North and capped two weeks of individual and

  • Base cops get new mission

    Two specialized base security forces teams deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan Dec. 3 for a special mission after training at Fort Lewis, Wash. and at Silver Flag Airbase Defense School at Creech Air Force Guard Base, Nev. The teams took over responsibility for detainee operations at several prisons