Air Force

On this date in 1995, The Bismarck Tribune reported about the decay of the Fortuna Air Force Station. From 1951 to 1979 the station was an active radar station in the Air Defense Command that protected the United States from attack. The station was six miles from Canada and eight miles from Montana. The nearest town was Fortuna.

On this date in 1945, the United States detonated a nuclear bomb above the Japanese town of Hiroshima. This along with one dropped on Nagasaki three days…

On this date in 1930, The Fargo Forum announced that US Army Air Corps Lieutenant William Matheny received an award for bravery. Matheny was born and…

In the early 1950s, the Cold War was in danger of becoming hot. American military leaders were afraid of an attack by enemy bombers. The Air Force looked…

The Air Force is privatizing water, wastewater and electrical utilities at the Grand Forks Air Force Base and the Cavalier Air Force Station.Deputy base…

Leland Molland was born in Nome, North Dakota on May 7, 1919. After High School, Leland went to the State Agricultural College in Fargo. When the US…

Today is the fourth of May, and as many Star Wars fans might say, “May the fourth be with you.”Hatched from the mind of George Lucas in 1977, the renowned…