May 21, 2026 Grand Forks community celebrates 15 years of the RQ-4 mission at Grand Forks AFB Airmen of the 319th Reconnaissance Wing and local community members gathered to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the RQ-4 mission at Grand Forks Air Force Base, May 20, 2026, at Grand Forks County’s GrandSKY facility.
June 27, 2025 319th AMXS displays flexibility, adaptability during continuity of operations exercise The 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron successfully conducted a continuity of operations exercise, simulating the sudden need to relocate RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 40 operations within an expedited timeframe, June 16-18, 2025.
Dec. 19, 2023 Grand Forks AFB celebrates 348th Julian Day The 348th Reconnaissance Squadron celebrated Julian Day Dec. 14, 2023, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.
Aug. 8, 2023 Space Development Agency, ND elected officials celebrate basing of Test and Checkout Center Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota, followed by Dr. Derek Tournear, the director of SDA, announced SDA’s satellite Test and Checkout Center will be co-located with Operations Center North during a ceremony Aug. 7, 2023, here.
May 25, 2023 PACAF RQ-4 Global Hawks arrive at Yokota Air Base U.S. Pacific Air Forces began positioning RQ-4 Global Hawks at Yokota Air Base, Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on May 15 to provide theater-wide enduring operations in support of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.
June 23, 2022 First Global Hawk Block-30s transition to civilian partners Airmen of the 319th Reconnaissance Wing divested five RQ-4 Block 30s by transferring them across the runway to civilian partners at Grand Sky June 6-10, 2022. The 319th RW will divest a total of 20 Global Hawks, and they should be transferred to Northrop Grumman at Grand Sky by the end of July. They
May 24, 2022 348th RS enters strategic partnership to advance unmanned aviation across DOD As the world rapidly changes, the United States must safeguard its interests and ideals against near-peer threats and competitors, especially Russia and China. This cannot be achieved alone; instead, the U.S. must fortify relationships with existing partners, while also building anew.
Sept. 14, 2021 Grand Forks Airmen complete readiness exercise The 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 319th Logistic Readiness Squadron participated in an exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., from Aug. 16-19, simulating as if their units were tasked to deploy within a 24-hour time period.
April 2, 2021 NDI Airmen enable ISR mission Air Force wide The 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection team is the first of its kind to travel the world performing inspections on RQ-4 Global Hawks with a mobile automated scanner system across the U.S. Air Force.
Sept. 23, 2020 Grand Forks AFB maintenance squadron enable success of Global Hawk mission Crew chiefs and avionics specialists with the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work around the clock, year-round, to put RQ-4 Global Hawks in the air. Our intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission would not be possible without their diligence and dedication.