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  • Brig. Gen. Christopher Ireland, deputy commander of Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Combined/Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, right, talks with Lt. Col. Kendall Gillespie, commander of the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron, left, followed by Chief Master Sgt. Brian Thomas, commander of the 319th Air Base Wing, center, before heading to the final stop of his base tour Sept. 15, 2017, on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Ireland received a mission brief, and visited the 319th Communications Squadron, 69th Maintenance Squadron, 319th Operations Support Squadron and 348th RS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

    NORTHCOM general visits Grand Forks AFB

    Brig. Gen. Christopher Ireland, deputy commander of Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Combined/Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, right, talks with Lt. Col. Kendall Gillespie, commander of the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron, left, followed by Chief Master Sgt. Brian Thomas, commander of the 319th Air Base Wing, center, before heading to the final stop of his base tour Sept. 15, 2017, on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Ireland received a mission brief, and visited the 319th Communications Squadron, 69th Maintenance Squadron, 319th Operations Support Squadron and 348th RS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)
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  • Brig. Gen. Christopher Ireland, deputy commander of Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Combined/Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, uses the High Frequency Global Communication System radio to make a test call Sept. 15, 2017, on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Senior Airman Nicholas Anthony, left, radio operator with the 319th Communications Squadron, and Capt. Jonathan Hoffman, Ireland’s executive assistant, stand by to watch him broadcast his test message simultaneously across the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

    NORTHCOM general visits Grand Forks AFB

    Brig. Gen. Christopher Ireland, deputy commander of Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Combined/Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, uses the High Frequency Global Communication System radio to make a test call Sept. 15, 2017, on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Senior Airman Nicholas Anthony, left, radio operator with the 319th Communications Squadron, and Capt. Jonathan Hoffman, Ireland’s executive assistant, stand by to watch him broadcast his test message simultaneously across the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)
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  • Brig. Gen. Christopher Ireland, deputy commander of Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Combined/Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, thanks an Airman with the 69th Maintenance Squadron for working through the rain Sept. 15, 2017, on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Ireland spent the day learning about how “Warriors of the North” execute the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

    NORTHCOM general visits Grand Forks AFB

    Brig. Gen. Christopher Ireland, deputy commander of Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Combined/Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, thanks an Airman with the 69th Maintenance Squadron for working through the rain Sept. 15, 2017, on Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Ireland spent the day learning about how “Warriors of the North” execute the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)
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    NORTHCOM general visits Grand Forks AFB

    • Published Sept. 18, 2017
    • By Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez
    • 319 Air Base Wing Public Affairs
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