* 1997 – The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.

The sites were Moscow for the USSR and Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, since its Safeguard facility was already under construction, for the US.

Category: People from Grand Forks, North Dakota

The primary public universities are located in Grand Forks and Fargo.

The U. S. Air Force operates air bases at Minot AFB and Grand Forks AFB.

* April 18 – The Red River of the North breaks through dikes and floods Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, causing US $ 2 billion in damage.

The Circumzenithal Arc over Grand Forks, ND

Malmstrom AFB had 150 of the Minuteman I and about five years later added 50 of the Minuteman II similar to those installed at Grand Forks AFB, ND.

The system kept Winnipeg safe during the 1997 flood that devastated many communities upriver from Winnipeg, including Grand Forks, North Dakota and Ste.

Grand Forks County, North Dakota put 2, 392 unemployed workers on its payroll at a cost of about $ 250, 000.

* Johnstown Township, Grand Forks County, North Dakota

According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the Arkansas Band of the Osage Nation settled in the Three Forks area ( the junction of the Arkansas River, Grand River and Verdigris River during the 1760s and established two villages called Pasuga and Pasona in what is now Rogers County.

Walsh County was created by the 1881 territorial legislature and organized on August 30, 1881 from the northern parts of Grand Forks County and southern parts of Pembina County.

It is named in honor of George H. Walsh ( 1845 – 1913 ), a newspaperman and politician in Grand Forks.

Between 1873 and 1881, eleven new counties were created from Pembina, including Cass County and Grand Forks County.

Grand Forks County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Dakota.

Its county seat and largest community is Grand Forks.

Grand Forks County and Polk County, Minnesota, make up the " Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area " or " Greater Grand Forks ".

Since June 2007, a three-times daily floatplane service, operated by Harbour Air Malta, has linked the sea terminal in Grand Harbour to Mgarr harbour in Gozo.

In 1990, amendments to the Clean Air Act established the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission ( GCVTC ) to advise the US EPA on strategies for protecting visual air quality on the Colorado Plateau.

Grand Canyon Airlines and Air Grand Canyon are headquartered on the grounds of Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Tusayan.

Grand Canyon Airlines and Air Grand Canyon are headquartered on the grounds of Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Tusayan.

Emerado is a city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota in the United States located near Grand Forks Air Force Base.

Grand Forks Air Force Base is located near Emerado.

Grand Forks Air Force Base ( AFB ) is a United States Air Force base located north of Emerado, North Dakota and approximately west of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The host unit at Grand Forks is the 319th Air Base Wing ( 319 ABW ) assigned to the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center of the Air Mobility Command ( AMC ).

Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's ( AMC ) 319th Air Base Wing ( 319 ABW ).

Due to the continuance of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, Grand Forks AFB was originally built as an Air Defense Command ( ADC ) fighter-interceptor air base.

DC-11 was operated by the Grand Forks Air Defense Sector ( GFADS ), activated on 8 December 1957 under the 31st Air Division at Snelling AFS, Minnesota.

The core of the Lithuanian Land Force structure is the Iron Wolf Mechanised Infantry Brigade ( MIB " Iron Wolf ") consisting of two mechanized infantry battalions ( King Mindaugas and Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas battalions ), two motorized infantry battalions ( Grand Duchess Birutė and Lithuanian Grand Duke Kestutis battalions ), artillery battalion and Lithuanian Duke Vaidotas Forward support battalion.

To make up for these losses, the Air Force has decided to assign RQ-4 Global Hawks to Grand Forks, the first of which arrived in May 2011.

* June 1, 1992 The Air Force inactivated the Strategic Air Command and reassigned Grand Forks AFB to the Air Combat Command.

* 1994 As part of restructuring at Grand Forks the Air Force reassigned the 906th, 911th, and 912th Air Refueling Squadrons to Grand Forks AFB.

* October 1, 1995 The Clinton Administration approved the Base Realignment and Closure IV committee's recommendation to remove 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles from the Grand Forks Air Force Base missile complex and inactivate the 321st Missile Group.

Members of the Grand Forks Air Force Base were called into action, first to help protect the town from the rising waters and later to house the victims of the disaster.

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Its close proximity to employment opportunities in Grand Forks and at the Grand Forks Air Force Base have led the town to become an attractive choice for commuters desiring lower housing costs and a small-town environment.