Editing Grand Forks Air Force Base (section)

===Twenty-first century===
In May 2005, DoD's [[2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] recommended that Grand Forks be [[Base Realignment and Closure|realigned]]. The base's KC-135 tanker mission was lost, with a significant reduction of personnel, but it was not closed.

The [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|unmanned]] [[Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk|RQ-4 Global Hawk]] was assigned to Grand Forks, and on 1 March 2011, the wing was redesignated as the [[319th Air Base Wing]] (319 ABW). The first RQ-4 arrived in May 2011 and were assigned to the [[69th Reconnaissance Group]], Air Combat Command. Starting in 2012, the base received several new Block 40 Global Hawks.<ref>[[Associated Press]], "[http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/06/ap-global-hawk-arrives-grand-forks-base-060111/ First Global Hawk arrives at Grand Forks base]", ''[[Military Times]]'', 1 June 2011.</ref> On 13 June 2017, the 319 ABW transferred from the Air Mobility Command to the Air Combat Command.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1213134/air-force-realigns-grand-forks-afb-under-acc/|title=Air Force realigns Grand Forks AFB under ACC|work=U.S. Air Force|access-date=12 December 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

On 11 May 2019 Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced that the 319th Air Base Wing would be re-designated the 319th Reconnaissance Wing in a ceremony on 28 June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/4611608-its-official-air-force-intends-redesignate-grand-forks-air-force-base-giving-it-leadership|title=It's official: Air Force intends to redesignate Grand Forks Air...|last=Allen|first=Emily|date=2019-05-11|website=www.grandforksherald.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>

On 28 June 2019 the 319th Air Base Wing was re-designated the 319th Reconnaissance Wing and the 69th Reconnaissance Group inactivated transferring the RQ-4 mission.