GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE (KVRR-KFGO) – The temporary relocation of 17 B-1 bombers and 800 personnel from Ellsworth Air Force Base to Grand Forks Air Force Base is expected to be completed in early March. The bombers are temporarily being moved to allow for a massive runway reconstruction project at Ellsworth. Air Force Colonel Tim Monroe says so far,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Political leaders are talking about strategies for base retention and enhancement at Grand Forks Air Force Base. It comes as the Air Force is planning to temporarily relocate 17 B-1 bombers and 800 crew members to the base early next year from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. Sen. Kevin Cramer highlighted Space Development…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — B-1 bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota could temporarily be moved to Grand Forks Air Force Base. Sen. Kevin Cramer says an environmental assessment should be done by October 8, likely clearing the way for the temporary move. He says he has been working on it for better than a year. The Air…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — General Kenneth Wilsbach, Commander of the Air Combat Command, has wrapped up his visit to Grand Forks and Fargo. He was joined by Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer at Grand Forks Air Force Base, UND, Grand Sky and 119th Wing in Fargo. They talked about current and future Air Force operations in the Red…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Commander of the Air Combat Command is going to be making stops this week in Grand Forks and Fargo. General Kenneth Wilsbach will meet with Grand Forks Air Force Base leadership and community leaders on Monday morning. On Tuesday, Sen. John Hoeven and Wilsbach will hold a counter-UAS discussion with leaders from UND to further…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Charges against a Fordville, North Dakota man who rear-ended a vehicle stopped at a red light near Grand Forks International Airport are expected to be upgraded. A six-year-old child in the vehicle that was hit has died at a Fargo hospital. The driver of the vehicle, 26-year-old Nicole Louthain, was seriously injured and taken to…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Fordville, North Dakota man faces charges after rear-ending a vehicle stopped at a red light near Grand Forks International Airport. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 43-year-old Travis Bell crashed into a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Nicole Louthain of Grand Forks Air Force Base at the intersection of Highway 2 and Airport Road around…
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE (4:40 PM UPDATE) – Grand Forks Air Force Base lockdown has been lifted as of 4:35 p.m. local time and normal operations have resumed. Just after 1:00 p.m., security forces personnel received a report of a single gunshot near the medical clinic and base exchange. Out of an abundance of caution, they issued lockdown procedures…
NORTH DAKOTA, (KVRR/CNN) – The Air Force and Space Force are offering incentive pay for service members stationed in extremely cold areas, which includes North Dakota. The cold weather assignment incentive pay program is available to airmen and guardians at three locations in Alaska, three in North Dakota, and one in Montana. The North Dakota sites include the Minot and Grand Forks…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — U.S. Air Force is going to start providing cold weather special duty pay. It’s for those who are assigned to work at bases where temperatures drop to twenty below or colder. It will be available at Minot Air Force Base, Grand Forks Air Force Base and Cavalier Space Station. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer say…
