Grand Forks Air Force Base at a glance

* Global Hawk unmanned aircraft currently assigned to the base: 13.

* Active-duty airmen: about 1,600.

* Civilian employees: about 1,000.

* Base population: about 2,200, including military and family members.

Other current missions

* Hosts elements of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Wing, based in Fargo, which flies the MQ-1B Predator unmanned aircraft.

* Hosts elements of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection RQ-9B Predator unmanned aircraft.

* Hosts a high-frequency global communications system.

* Provides direct support to the 10th Space Warning Squadron at Cavalier (N.D.) Air Force Station.

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