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  • 319th IG performs first inspection under new guidelines

    The 319th Air Base Wing Inspector General office performed its first inspection recently under a new set of guidelines on the 319th Operations Support Squadron Radar Approach and Control (RAPCON) tower. The new guidelines, set forth by Air Force Instruction 90-201, are designed to change the way

  • Grand Forks AFB asked to reduce natural gas usage

    Due to an explosion on a natural gas pipeline that occurred south of Winnipeg on Saturday morning, the natural gas company (Xcel Energy) has asked all customers to begin reducing the use of natural gas as a precautionary measure. This pipeline supplies natural gas to Fargo, Grand Forks, East Grand

  • Football fans tackle SBE

    More than 500 base community members turned out January 18 to battle with bingo sheets for the chance to go to Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey.The 319th Force Support Squadron event has been held for eight years on Grand Forks AFB and is the largest of its kind in Air Mobility Command. This year 20

  • DOD releases new religious accommodation instruction

    The Defense Department released a new instruction Jan. 22 that details its updated policy on making religious accommodations requested by service members, Pentagon spokesman Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nathan J. Christensen said.A DOD instruction implements a policy or prescribes the manner or plan of action

  • Grand Forks AFB preps for SBE 2014

    The Warriors of the North are preparing for Super Bowl Extravaganza 2014, taking place tomorrow, Jan. 18, 2014, at the Base Fitness Center here.Super Bowl Extravaganza, better known as SBE, is the biggest annual Military Welfare and Morale fundraising event on Grand Forks Air Force Base and the

  • Grand Forks AFB Airman sentenced to prison for sexual assault

    An airman from Grand Forks Air Force Base was sentenced Monday to 34 years in prison for raping a woman in base housing in the early morning hours of Aug. 10, 2013.Air Force military judge Col. Natalie Richardson also sentenced Senior Airman Jory Hodge to a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all

  • Jan. 16 - Grand Forks AFB Blizzard Update

    Grand Forks Air Force Base officials are requiring only storm- and mission-essential personnel to report for duty as normal Jan. 16 due to blizzard conditions hitting northeastern North Dakota.All other Grand Forks AFB personnel will not be required to report for duty, and on-base and off-base

  • New SecAF to Airmen: With change comes opportunity

    The Air Force's most senior leader gave insight into her life and shared career advice with Airmen across the Air Force during her first town hall Jan. 9.Speaking from the Pentagon auditorium, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James spoke about her 32 years of defense experience, passing on