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Due to the continuance of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, GFAFB was originally an Air Defense Command (ADC) fighter-interceptor air base. The site was chosen in 1954 and the land was paid for by the citizens of Grand Forks, the site was located 15 miles (24 km) west of the city.
The airport, sometimes called Mark Andrews International Airport after Mark Andrews, a former U.S. House Representative and U.S. Senator from North Dakota, is owned by the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority [3] and located on U.S. Highway 2, around four miles (6 km) west of Interstate 29, within city limits in a detached section of the city ...
Wishek Municipal Airport: Other military airports: Grand Forks: RDR RDR KRDR Grand Forks Air Force Base: Minot: MIB MIB KMIB Minot Air Force Base: 365 Notable former airports: Bowman: BPP: BWM: KBPP: Bowman Municipal Airport (closed in 2015, replaced by Bowman Regional Airport) GA: Grenora: 7N6: Grenora Centennial Airport: Kulm: 5K9
All of those facilities apart from Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota and Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis in Texas had reports of drones either attempting to fly over their bases or ...
U.S. Highway 2, known as Gateway Drive in the city, runs east to west through the northern part of town and is a four-lane highway. The highway is the primary connection between Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, the Grand Forks Air Force Base, Grand Forks International Airport, and Crookston, Minnesota. Interstate 29 runs north to south along the ...
1.40 Grand Forks AFB, ... Salina Regional Airport, Smoky Hill AFB (Schilling AFB, 16 Mar 1957), Salina, KS (H). Namesake: Colonel David C. Schilling;
Grand Forks Air Force Base: Grand Forks: North Dakota: Air Combat Command: 319th Reconnaissance Wing: The 319th Reconnaissance Wing operates the RQ-4B Global Hawk in the high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance role. [25] Hanscom Air Force Base: Lincoln: Massachusetts
Grand Forks Air Force Base is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. It corresponds to Grand Forks Air Force Base, a United States Air Force installation. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 2,002. [2]