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Federal Tipoffs Involving North Dakota Newsletter for Sunday October 15, 2023 ( 7 items )  

Chief of Space Operations Visits North Dakota
GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Buckley Air Force Base (460th Space Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Colin Perkins, 319th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, visited Cavalier Space Force Station and Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, following his keynote address at the 17th Annual Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Summit and Expo, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The UAS Summit and  more

Grand Forks AFB: Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Visits North Dakota
GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Raisa Christie, 319th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin visited Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, Oct. 10, 2023. Allvin previously served as commander of 905th Air Refueling Squadron at Grand Forks AFB from April 2001 to June 2003. In the decades since, the base's mission was   more

Minot AFB: 5th Munitions Squadron Brings the Boom During Operation Tundra Swan
MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Alyssa Bankston, 5th Bomb Wing PA Practice how you play. From Oct. 2, 2023, through Oct. 4, 2023, the 5th Munitions Squadron conducted Operation Tundra Swan, a 5th MUNS exercise created to implement the Agile Combat Employment and Multi Capable Airmen concepts to focus on training efforts in scenarios where producing ordnance with limited resources from a decentralized loc  more

N.D. U.S. Attorney: Detroit, MI, Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for His Leadership Role in Drug Trafficking Organization
FARGO, North Dakota, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Mac Schneider, issued the following news release: * * * Detroit, MI, Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for His Leadership Role in a Drug Trafficking Organization Targeting two of North Dakota's Native American Reservations * * * United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that Devonsha Dabney a/k/a Kemell, age 29, of Detroit, Michigan, appeared before Chief Judge Peter D. Welte, U.S. District Cou  more

S.D. U.S. Attorney: North Dakota Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Washington, D.C. Man Sentenced for Misprision of a Felony
PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Mandan, North Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on October 10, 2023. Chief Judge Lange also sentenced a Washington, D.C., man conviction of Mispri  more

USAID: Commemorating Indigenous Peoples' Day
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following statement on Oct. 9, 2023: * * * Earlier this year, Denise Lajimodiere - North Dakota's first Native American Poet Laureate and an expert in the history of Native American boarding schools in the United States - addressed the graduating class of the University of North Dakota. A citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota, Lajimodiere told the students about rediscovering the p  more

Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Visits Minot AFB
MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: Gen. David Allvin, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, visited Team Minot October 11, 2023. Allvin and his team toured Minot AFB to learn processes that make Minot operational and to get an in-depth understanding of the base's nuclear deterrence mission. While here, Allvin met with 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing leaders to gather insight into the only U.S. Air Force base holding two-th  more