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UPDATE: 18-year-old who left campground on Grand Forks Air Force Base, found

Hailey Sullivan has an intellectual disability and responds to the nickname Hei-Hei

July 13, 2022

Alison Voorhees,

UPDATE: Hailey Sullivan was found this afternoon near Gilby, northwest of the base. GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Authorities are searching for an 18-year-old who left her family campground on the Grand Forks Air Force Base earlier this week. Hailey Sullivan is 5-foot-2 with brown hair and glasses and was wearing blue jeans. She has an intellectual disability and…

Stunt Performer Seen in Fargo & Grand Forks Dies at Michigan Air Show

July 3, 2022

TJ Nelson,

BATTLE CREEK, MI (KVRR) — Fargo AirSho is extending its deepest sympathies to the family of Chris Darnell and the entire Shockwave Jet Truck & Flash Fire Jet Trucks team. Darnell died Saturday at the Field of Flight Air Show in Battle Creek, Michigan. His Shockwave Jet Truck was racing two airplanes at 300 mph when it suddenly burst into…

Space Development Agency Ground Operations Ribbon Cutting at GFAFB

Sen. Kevin Cramer Attends After Emergency Surgery on His Hand A Week Ago

June 29, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s congressional delegation makes a stop in Grand Forks for a ribbon cutting at Grand Forks Air Force Base. It is where the Space Development Agency’s first Ground Operations and Integration Center will be located. The center will operate and control multiple-layer satellite operations for missile warning, tracking, and defense. It was also one…

Global Hawks Divested and Delivered to Grand Sky For New Mission

June 23, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Grand Forks Air Force Base/FacebookGRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE (KVRR) — Five Global Hawks at Grand Forks Air Force Base are divested and delivered to Grand Sky. The 319th Reconnaissance Wing moved the hawks across the flight line to its civilian partners. They will be outfitted with different sensor technology. Sen. John Hoeven says the Air Force is retiring the…

Strong Wind Forced Thunderbirds To Cancel Saturday at GFAFB

June 19, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE (KVRR) — It wasn’t the heat but the nasty wind that put a damper on the air show at Grand Forks Air Force Base. Air Force Thunderbirds had to cancel their performance on Saturday due to flight safety after winds hit 47 miles per hour. In a social media post they said they were disappointed…

Update: Global Hawk drone crashes near Grand Forks Air Force Base

August 6, 2021

Jim Monk,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A U.S. Air Force Global Hawk drone crashed Friday morning near Grand Forks Air Force Base. A Grand Forks Air Force Base public affairs officer say the drone, which is flown remotely, crashed at around 7:00 a.m. while it was returning to the base. “319th Reconnaissance Wing has personnel on site and we anticipate recovery…

Man Who Drowned In Red Lake River Was Airman From Grand Forks

July 4, 2021

TJ Nelson,

RED LAKE CO., Minn. — A Grand Forks Air Force Base airman has drowned in the Red Lake River near Red Lake Falls. Red Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 24-year-old Nestor Chua Jr. of Grand Forks. He was originally from Anchorage, Alaska. Authorities were called to the river around 2:30 Saturday afternoon for a possible drowning. Boats…

Airman sentenced & discharged for her role in death at Grand Forks Air Force Base

April 27, 2021

Site Staff,

Daesha Heard NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – An Airman who pleaded guilty in military court in the death of a fellow airman at Grand Forks Air Force Base has been sentenced and given a bad conduct discharge. Daesha Heard will serve 100 days in prison. She gave fellow Airman Carlos Torres the gun he used to shoot and kill Airman First…

Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Mission Could Land at Grand Forks Air Force Base

April 15, 2021

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Sen. John Hoeven is working to help bring a new low-Earth orbit satellite mission to Grand Forks Air Force Base. The Space Development Agency testified about the effort during a hearing of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee. Hoeven is working to secure funding to get the center going by 2024. Hoeven and Senator Kevin Cramer talked…

Family of airman killed at GFAFB still waiting for final report on shooting

October 30, 2020

Site Staff,

ARIZONA – The family of an airman killed at Grand Forks Air Force Base in June is asking the military to finalize a report on the shooting they were told would be sent by the end of August. Natasha Aposhian’s father Brian Murray says an agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations told him there’s “no end in…