Editing Grand Forks Air Force Base (section)

{{short description|US Air Force base near Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = Grand Forks Air Force Base
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| partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site -->
| location = 
| nearest_town = [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]], [[North Dakota]]
| country = [[United States|United States of America]]
| image = First Grand Forks RQ-4 arrives.jpg
| alt = Arrival of the first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk at Grand Forks AFB in May 2011
| image_size = 305
| caption = Arrival of the first [[Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk]] at Grand Forks AFB in May 2011
| image2 = [[File:ACC Shield.svg|100px]]
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| type = US Air Force Base
| coordinates = {{coord|47|57|50|N|097|24|04|W|display=inline,title}}
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| pushpin_map = USA North Dakota#USA
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| pushpin_map_caption = Shown in North Dakota
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| pushpin_label = Grand Forks AFB
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| ownership = [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
| operator = [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]]
| controlledby = [[Air Combat Command]] (ACC)
| open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc -->
| site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox -->
| site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities – radar types etc -->
| site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc -->
| code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US -->
| built = {{Start date|1955}} – 1957
| used = 1957 – present<!--{{End date|1946}} -->
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| fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter-->
| condition = Operational
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| current_commander = <!-- current commander -->
| past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) -->
| garrison = [[319th Air Base Wing|319th Reconnaissance Wing]]
| occupants = <!-- squadrons only -->
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| website = [https://www.grandforks.af.mil/  www.grandforks.af.mil/]
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| IATA = RDR
| ICAO = KRDR
| FAA = RDR
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| GPS = 
| WMO = 727575
| elevation = {{Convert|277.6|m|0}}
| r1-number = 17/35
| r1-length = {{Convert|3764.5|m|0}}
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]]
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| footnotes = '''Source:''' [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/1908/05010ad.pdf#nameddest=(RDR)|title=Airport Diagram – Grand Forks AFB (KRDR)|date=18 July 2019|website=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref>
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'''Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB)''' {{airport codes|RDR|KRDR|RDR}} is a [[United States Air Force]] installation in northeastern [[North Dakota]], located north of [[Emerado, North Dakota|Emerado]] and {{convert|16|mi}} west of [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]].

The host unit is the [[319th Air Base Wing|319th Reconnaissance Wing]] (319 RW) assigned to the [[Air Combat Command]] (ACC) operating [[Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk|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 [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] [[bomber]]s, [[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135]] [[Aerial refueling|tankers]], and [[LGM-30 Minuteman|Minuteman]] [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s.<ref name=hofgf07>{{cite news|url=http://www.grandforks.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070227-026.pdf |publisher=U.S. Air Force |title=History of Grand Forks AFB |date=21 February 2007 |access-date=7 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228043216/http://www.grandforks.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070227-026.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2013 }}</ref>