AMC seeks 2014 Air Force Marathon Participants

The 18th annual United States Air Force Marathon will be held Sept. 20, 2014 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Air Mobility Command will again sponsor an active duty team comprised of both male and female runners representing various age groups to compete in the full and half

North Dakota UAS test site declared operational

U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp and John Hoeven brought Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta to North Dakota on April 21, where he announced that the Northern Plains Unmanned Systems Authority, headquartered in Grand Forks, is the nation's first unmanned aerial systems

Warriors of the North support operations in Southwest Asia

In the hands of good shepherds: Grand Forks AFB chapel team named best in the Air Force for 2013

The Warriors of the North can rest assured that they and their families will be in the hands of the very best when it comes to meeting their spiritual and religious needs.The chapel team here was recently recognized as the recipient of the 2013 Robert P. Taylor Award for Small Active-Duty

First Lady of North Dakota visits Warriors of the North

AF opens additional TERA, VSP windows

The Air Force will open two new fiscal year 2014 force management temporary early retirement authority application windows, and a new voluntary separation pay application window, Air Force Personnel Center officials said April 14.Commonly referred to as the 15-year retirement, TERA eligibility will

Grand Forks AFB hosts first Boxing Nite

The Warriors of the North had the opportunity to take in a rare spectacle Aug. 12, 2014 at the Three-Bay Hangar here when the base hosted its first-ever Boxing Nite event.More than 400 attendees were treated to 10 bouts featuring fighters from Canada, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, and ranging from

School board votes to consolidate base schools

The Grand Forks Air Force Base School Board voted to accept a recommendation from Grand Forks Public Schools to consolidate the two on-base schools into one.Under the proposal, Carl Ben Eielson Elementary School would be shuttered at the end of the 2013-2014 school year, with classes being held at

Activities abound at Beautiful Child Fair

Keynote Speaker Teaches a New Generation about the Holocaust

Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan took the podium in the Nathan F. Twining Elementary and Middle School gymnasium here April 7, 2014, in front of a crowd of about 500 students from three local middle schools to share her experience with a new generation of youth.As she began speaking, she