The Grand Forks Air Force Base played host to USAF Chief of Staff General Charles Brown Junior on Wednesday. The tour was billed as “classified” but according to U-S Senator John Hoeven centered around the relationship between the base, Grand Sky, and partnerships with the Northern Plains UAS Test Site and UND.
During the meeting Hoeven and U-S Senator Kevin Cramer says they outlined efforts to further support the base operation and grow its mission. Those include: maintaining the GFAFB as the lead for all Global Hawk operations…positioning the 319th for intelligence and surveillance missions…and upgrading the Global Hawk to support the widest possible set of missions.
“The Grand Forks Air Force Base is critical to the Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts, helping to keep our service members better informed in a wide variety of situations around the globe,” said Senator Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee.
Senator Cramer, a Senate Armed Services Committee member. “I’m glad General Brown accepted our invitation to visit the state and gave our leaders a chance to showcase Grand Forks’ great potential.
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