No tankers for Grand Forks Air Force Base, for now
May 22, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
GRAND FORKS An announcement by the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday to locate a new air refueling mission at a base in Kansas instead of Grand Forks wasn’t surprising at all to John Marshall, a Grand Forks attorney who has been involved in several base realignment and closure rounds over the past 25 years. Continue Reading
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