page_title: Grand Forks Air Force Base
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Forks Air Force Base
caption_attribution_description: English: The first Grand Forks RQ-4 Global Hawk arrives at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. May 26, 2011. It will be maintained under Detachment 1, 9th Reconnaissance Wing.
context_page_description: Grand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles west of Grand Forks.
  The host unit is the 319th Reconnaissance Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command operating E/RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft, in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance role. During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command, with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Arrival of the first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk at Grand Forks AFB in May 2011.
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