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Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and west of Grand Forks. In the 2010 census, the base was counted as a census-designated place with a total population of 2,367, down from 4,832 in 2000. Opened in early 1957, the base's current host unit is the 319th Air Base Wing (319 ABW) assigned to the Expeditionary Center of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). The 319th Air Base Wing is commanded by Colonel Rodney Lewis〔() "Warriors of the North receive new wing commander", http://www.grandforks.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123452462 , retrieved 2 July 2015〕 and the wing Command Chief Master Sergeant is CMSgt David Duncan. Schools on base: Nathan Twining Elementary School 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. ==Units== Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's (AMC) 319th Air Base Wing (319 ABW). The 319 ABW is organized into two distinct groups: Mission Support and Medical. *319th Mission Support Group : 319th Civil Engineer Squadron : 319th Communications Squadron : 319th Contracting Flight : 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron : 319th Force Support Squadron : 319th Security Forces Squadron : 319th Operations Support Squadron *319th Medical Group : 319th Medical Operations Squadron : 319th Medical Support Squadron *319th Wing Staff Agencies : 319th Comptroller Squadron Tenant Units at Grand Forks AFB are: *Air Force Office of Special Investigations *10th Space Warning Squadron (Air Force Space Command unit) *United States Customs and Border Protection (operating MQ-9 Predator Bs) *69th Reconnaissance Group (Air Combat Command unit operating RQ-4 Global Hawks) *178th Reconnaissance Squadron (North Dakota Air National Guard operating General Atomics MQ-1 Predator) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grand Forks Air Force Base」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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