North Dakota lawmakers are happy campers following the visit of Gen. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, to Grand Forks AFB, N.D., on Tuesday and one day later the word that a site review team is on the way. According to a joint statement, Moseley told the lawmakers that he considers Grand Forks “a top candidate for a future tanker mission.” The base already will get an unmanned aerial vehicle mission, but Sen. Kent Conrad, Sen. Byron Dorgan, and Rep. Earl Pomeroy hoped for more. Dorgan said, “I had little doubt that General Moseley would be impressed by a firsthand look at Grand Forks.” Gen. Duncan McNabb, head of Air Mobility Command, notified the Congressional delegation Wednesday that he would send a five-person team to survey the base’s infrastructure from March 26 to March 30.
Army Building Up New Space Operations Branch
Oct. 15, 2026
The Army has long been dependent on space capabilities to navigate terrain, communicate in hard-to-reach areas, and identify and strike targets. Now, the service wants to deepen its space operations expertise and is making plans to expand its own cadre of operators in the coming years.