FAA opens UAS range at Camp Grafton

28 July 2012
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By: Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald

Passers-by should hardly notice, but by early October, unmanned Predator aircraft will be aiming lasers at ground targets at Camp Grafton South near New Rockford, N.D.

“People may hear airplanes flying above, but there will be no lights visible and no explosions,” said Col. Rick Gibney, commander of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Wing based at Fargo’s Hector International Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration last month established eight blocks of restricted airspace at Camp Grafton, effective Thursday, that will allow practical training closer to home for the wing.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/241547/group/homepage/

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