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  • TRANSCOM's top Airman inducts peers

    The advice from U.S. Transportation Command’s highest-ranking enlisted person to Grand Forks’ newly-inducted Chief Master Sergeants was simple: “treat them like they are your own kids.” He had a personal reason to offer that particular insight on how the new Chiefs should approach their troops: his

  • Wing follows roadmap to readiness

    An essential element to the wing’s preparations for this summer’s Operational Readiness Inspection is the exercise of its capability to carry out missions in support of U.S. Strategic Command. During certain contingencies, Grand Forks’ tankers become part of USSTRATCOM’s aerial refueling force, led

  • Team to address BRAC uncertainties

    Months after the Base Realignment and Closure committee reached its final recommendations, questions about the future of Grand Forks Air Force Base still resonate throughout the base and local community – but the answers may be just around the corner. Although the BRAC recommendations called for the

  • 0013 means base, community partnership

    Base leaders recently sent letters and flyers to the local community asking for help in promoting a responsible drinking culture in the area. In the letter to alcohol vendors, Col. Bill Bender, the 319th Air Refueling Wing commander, suggested a number of practices alcohol establishments could use

  • Air Force 2007 budget released

    As part of the president’s fiscal year 2007 budget plan, the Air Force is set to receive $105.9 billion. This budget meets the vision of Air Force leaders to fight and win the global war on terrorism; to develop, train and care for Airmen; and to recapitalize and modernize the force, said Maj. Gen.

  • GFAFB receives N.D. thanks

    “It happened very fast,” said Ellen Houska, remembering the fire that claimed her home Jan. 23. Minutes after waking to the panicked cries of her three children and the sounds of fire alarms, the wife of North Dakota National Guardsman Wayne Houska (on temporary duty then to Fort Hood, Texas) and

  • Base tax center open for business

    On Monday, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Center opened for business. Located behind Fast Eddie's in the Community Activity Center, the VITA Center helps Air Force members and their families file federal and state income tax returns. In 2005, the free service helped base personnel file 963

  • Warriors of the North to test newest assets

    Two Warriors of the North were selected to test and evaluate the latest Air Force weapon systems. Capt. Mark Graziano and Capt. Michael Davis, both pilots with the 319th Operations Group, were recently notified of their acceptance to the Air Force Test Pilot School. They were among eight multiengine

  • ORI prep kicks into high-gear with week-long exercise

    Preparation for the wing’s Operational Readiness Inspection in June kicks into “high-gear” with a week-long series of exercises starting Monday. The exercises will not only test the wing’s ability to rapidly generate aircraft and process and deploy personnel, but also test the expeditionary combat

  • Learning to swim with fishes

    When I first put the 40 pound oxygen tank on, I was nervous that I would sink to the bottom like a rock. But I didn’t and soon I was swimming like a fish. I took the Introduction to Scuba Diving class recently at the fitness center to give it a try before deciding whether I would get certified.