Grand Forks Air Force Base

Grand Forks Air Force Base
Near Grand Forks, North Dakota in United States of America
Arrival of the first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk at Grand Forks AFB in May 2011
Grand Forks AFB Shown in North Dakota Show map of North Dakota Grand Forks AFB Grand Forks AFB (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates	47°57′50″N 097°24′04″W / 47.96389°N 97.40111°W / 47.96389; -97.40111
Type	US Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Combat Command (ACC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.grandforks.af.mil/
Site history
Built	1955 (1955) – 1957
In use	1957 – present
Garrison information
Garrison	319th Reconnaissance Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: RDR, ICAO: KRDR, FAA LID: RDR, WMO: 727575
Elevation	277.6 metres (911 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 17/35 3,764.5 metres (12,351 ft) asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: RDR, ICAO: KRDR, FAA LID: RDR) is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles (26 km) west of Grand Forks.

The host unit is the 319th Reconnaissance Wing (319 RW) assigned to the Air Combat Command (ACC) operating E/RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) role. During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.^[2]