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1492: 665:. To conceal their purpose, both fields were organized as ostensible business enterprises concerned with fishing and canning. The two cover names were: "Blair Packing Company" and "Saxton & Company", whose peculiar canning equipment consisted of bulldozers, power shovels and similar construction equipment. The top holding-company for these enterprises was the "Consolidated Packing Company" of Anchorage, known in military circles as the Alaskan Defense Command. Security was complete. Japanese intelligence never learned of the existence of these airfields and the Japanese tactical decisions were based on the assumption that their attack on Dutch Harbor would not be opposed by land-based aircraft. 962: 543: 1132: 1120: 838: 781: 299: 527: 7033: 4796: 1318: 309: 938: 5176: 954: 684: 1285:, near Seattle, Washington north along the British Columbia coastline to Annette Island, then to Yakutat and into Elmendorf AFB. The second was developed to support the Aleutian Campaign and was built as American forces moved westward along the island chain. It started in Anchorage and went through Nannek Airfield then to Point Heiden, Cold Bay and along the Aleutian Islands until reaching Shemya and Attu Islands in 1944. These transport routes ferried personnel, along with high-value equipment and supplies that could not be shipped by normal cargo sealift. This eventually extended to 5142: 157: 228: 946: 535: 470: 25: 5987: 145: 1504: 127: 6820: 166: 1712: 5278: 1484: 1753:(AEW&C) system. The Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) fuses data from airborne, ground and naval elements and civil air traffic sensors into an integrated air defence and sovereignty picture. This allows commanders to monitor the airspace above, beyond and within U.S. and Canadian borders, providing a major component for homeland defense. It also incorporates a newly developed situational awareness system that gives ANR unprecedented tools and technology to assist state and local responders in dealing with natural disasters. 5312: 5210: 5244: 5006: 5040: 5346: 93: 5108: 246: 6656: 5074: 1704: 4972: 1310: 4762: 6563: 1696: 977:, some 250 miles east of Kiska. Adak affords a good fleet anchorage, a sheltered harbor and as was revealed later, a superlative site for quick construction of an airfield. The 807th Army Aviation Engineering Battalion set to work constructing a dike and draining the tidal flat between Kuluk Bay and the Sweeper Cove areas to create an airfield. Only ten days later engineers built a runway, and on 10 September the first aircraft, a B-18, landed at " 6611: 4898: 1476: 1220:

turned back short of their targets, weather again protecting the Japanese. Often, too, B-24 Liberator bomb loads were dropped through the undercast by aid of the newly installed radar bombing equipment, a far cry from the timed runs made on the Kiska main camp area using the Kiska volcano as an initial point when the target was closed in. The record month, June 1945, for the Eleventh Air Force showed a record number of tons of bombs dropped.

4864: 219: 4932: 4830: 276: 237: 4611:, Guam. The 36th Wing has three major missions: Operate Andersen AFB via its subordinate 36th Mission Support and 36th Medical Groups; Provide power projection through an attached, rotational bomber force via its subordinate 36th Operations and 36th Maintenance Groups; and provide rapid air base opening and initial air base operation ability via its subordinate 36th Contingency Response Group. 5617: 829:, would engage the enemy fleet and destroy it. On the afternoon of 2 June a naval patrol plane spotted the approaching Japanese fleet, reporting its location as 800 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor. Eleventh Air Force was placed on full alert. Shortly thereafter bad weather set in, and no further sightings of the fleet were made that day. 861:

June, it received a report of enemy warships in the Bering Sea heading south toward Unalaska Island, which was interpreted to be a landing force intent upon seizing Dutch Harbor. While Task Force 8 entered the Bering Sea, Hosogaya's fleet moved south to join Yamamoto, who had just suffered the loss of his four large carriers at the

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150 operational accidents. It was the highest American combat-to-accidental loss ratio for any theater in World War II. Weather was the prime culprit. The Eleventh Air Force accounted for approximately 60 Japanese aircraft, one destroyer, one submarine and seven transport ships destroyed by air operations.

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from the 54th Fighter Sqdn. (343d FG). March 1944 saw Eleventh Air Force bombers over the Kuriles on daylight armed reconnaissance missions. Not many, but a sufficient number to convince the Japanese that there were aircraft in the Aleutian Islands and that the Kuriles were in constant danger of air

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heavy bombers from Attu bombed the Kuriles and secured pictures of the Japanese installations, the first pictures taken of northern Japan home-island defenses. The next Kurile raid, carried out on 11 August, was a diversionary raid prior to the landings on Kiska. On this mission, the first plane was

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Throughout the winter of 1942–1943, the Eleventh Air Force bombed Kiska and Attu whenever possible, although the flyers were extremely handicapped by the almost constant fog which covered the island. At the same time, the bases to the east of Adak were consolidated and built up. In October, the Field

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wanted to establish an airway to Alaska and Asia. The 9349 mile round trip route included flying west to North Dakota, then north through Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, and onwards to Fairbanks on 19 Aug. and finally Nome on the 23rd. They started their return trip on the 31st,

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The 611th Air Support Group at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson consists of two squadrons that provides surveillance radars, Arctic infrastructure including airfields, communications and worldwide ready EAF warriors for homeland defense, decisive force projection, and aerospace command and control in

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The Secretary of Defense released the proposed 2005 Base Realignment And Closure recommendations and Eielson AFB was on the list. The original recommendations called for Eielson to be drawn down to a warm status...nearly to the point of closure. However, the final decision came later in the year and

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was held in readiness to repel a seaborne invasion and the fighter squadrons provided air defense. Air Corps supply and fourth echelon maintenance was carried on at the Alaska Air Depot at Elmendorf, and the normal paper-work, customarily handled by a Service command, devolved upon the Eleventh Air

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1944 also saw a drastic reduction in the personnel of the Eleventh Air Force. Fort Glenn AAF and Fort Randall AAF were reduced to the status of gasoline stations for the Aleutian air transport routes, and were manned by small housekeeping units; Annette Island Landing Field and Yakutat Landing Field

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relieved General Butler as commander of the Eleventh Air Force. One of General Johnson's first acts was the establishment of the Eleventh Air Force Instrument flying school and the promotion of an intensive training program in navigation and instrument flying, as well as the accelerated development

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The first months activities of the new command were spent in reconnaissance for a rim of defense bases. The hub of this defense "wheel" was to be at Elmendorf Field near Anchorage. In the meantime, plans for the establishment of bases were moving slowly. Certain planned fields had to be constructed

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The B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, too, were playing their part in operations against the Kuriles. They had been kept on shipping alert since the abortive 11 September raid, but in May, two planes on a gasoline consumption test west of Attu, discovered and sank two armed Japanese trawlers. From that

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Operations against Northern Japan became the new mission of the Eleventh Air Force, and it was being successfully carried out. Except for July 1944, when the weather was especially bad, each month of 1944 showed a steady increase in operations against the Kuriles. Each month's record showed planes

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By March, both medium and heavy bombers could make the short hop from Amchitka to Kiska and on good days, rare enough, crews flew as many as four and occasionally six sorties per day. It was said that the Japanese needed no air warning system on Kiska, because they could hear the Eleventh Air Force

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In all, the Japanese raid claimed 43 U.S. lives, of which 33 were soldiers. Another 64 Americans were wounded. Eleven U.S. planes were downed, while the Japanese lost ten aircraft. During the two-day fight, Naval Task Force 8 had remained south of Kodiak Island, taking no part in the action. On 5

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In 1924, the around the world flight by the Army using Douglas "World Cruiser"s also transited though Alaska. However, the first permanently based military aircraft began to deploy to Alaska during the last half of 1940 after the breakout of World War II in Europe and tensions began to deteriorate

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replaced the Air Field Forces, Alaskan Defense Command, with the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command, on 17 October 1941. Neither the Air Field Forces nor the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command, were legitimate War Department establishments and must be classified in the same category as provisional

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The ANR provides an ongoing capability to detect, validate, and warn of any aircraft and/or cruise missile threat in its area of operations that could threaten North American security. By maintaining surveillance of Northwest Canadian and U.S. airspace, ANR is able to determine what goes on in and

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The real nature of the Aleutian Islands the value of the Eleventh Air Force to America was known but not confirmed until 3 September 1945. On that day, a C-54 piloted by Major G. E. Cain, filed a flight plan at Atsugi Airdrome, near Tokyo, Honshū, Japan. Twelve hours later, he landed at Adak,

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seaplane fighters were shot out of the air as soon as they came up to give combat. Air Force fighters and bombers had played an instrumental part in driving Japanese out of the Aleutian Islands. Illustrative of the challenges omnipresent in Alaska, only 35 aircraft were lost in combat compared to

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A major problem was the training of personnel and the preparing of equipment for operation in the cold Alaskan climate. Mechanical things showed unusual behavior at 40 degrees below zero. Oil became almost solid, metal and rubber brittle and fractured easily. At the same time, Texas-trained pilots

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radar sites which were established between 1984 and 1985 at the former manned surveillance and Ground Control Intercept sites of Alaskan Air Command, first activated in the 1950s. Elements of the 1985 North American Air Defense Modernization program followed. Flexible and graduated alert concepts

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The appearance of a strategic cruise missile threat once again prompted a buildup of air defense capabilities. The Alaska NORAD Region Air Operations Center (AK RAOC), operated by U.S. and Canadian personnel, became operational in 1983 at Elmendorf AFB. It receives and analyses surveillance radar

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The mission of the Eleventh Air Force moved from statically defending Alaska against a bomber threat to committing its forces to worldwide deployment. The shift from a Major Command to an Objective Numbered Air Force was among the most drastic reorganizations undertaken anywhere in the Air Force.

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Tactically, the Eleventh Air Force was operating under the jurisdiction of the Navy, since Alaska was still in the situation of a "fleet-opposed invasion". The air arm, designated Task Force "X", was commanded by General Butler, and included the Air Striking Group (Eleventh Air Force) and the Air

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and other strategic points in the Pacific that airfields were needed in Alaska. The original request for $ 12,000,000 to be appropriated for the construction of Alaskan defenses was cut to $ 600,000, but still was sufficient to begin the construction of an air base at Anchorage, Alaska. Thus was

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On 1 April, a plan to by-pass Kiska and capture Attu was presented to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was approved, and on 11 May, American troops went ashore on Attu. In a short and fierce battle, the Japanese garrison was wiped out, and on 29 May, the island was declared secure. The first plane, a

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Was forward airfield constructed on Ogliuga Island. Operational between 1943 and 1945, used during Aleutian Campaign between Kiska and Adak. The site included an emergency landing field, parking area, and living quarters. Additional facilities were established at this site, including aircraft

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With the end of the war, many of the small air bases in the Aleutian Islands closed permanently, and postwar emphasis turned to training. Air Transport Command transferred Ladd Field to the Eleventh Air Force on 1 November. On 15 December 1945, The Army reorganized its organization in Alaska.

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When the first inklings of a possible Japanese attack on the Aleutian Islands were known, the Eleventh Air Force was ordered to send out reconnaissance aircraft to locate the Japanese fleet reported heading toward Dutch Harbor and attack it with bombers, concentrating on sinking Hosogaya's two

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A lesser-known part of the aircraft ferrying mission for ATC pilots was search and rescue for Ferrying Command pilots and crews who were forced down in the remote wilderness. The ATC Alaska Wing was equipped with a number of single-engine C-64 "Norseman" light transports, which were equipped

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near North American airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Aerospace control requires capabilities to intercept, shadow, escort, divert, direct landings, and if necessary, use force utilizing interceptors and other means up to and including the destruction of airborne objects.

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Not until late July when United States intelligence reported with some certainty the departure of Hosogaya's fleet from the Bering Sea did the threat of invasion of the Alaskan mainland decline, allowing for the redeployment of many of the troops hastily assembled at Nome.

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Activated 1 July 1942 by Air Transport Command. Was transport and maintenance airfield for ATC aircraft servicing Alaska airfields; also provided maintenance for transient aircraft in Alaska. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945. Became

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The Alaska RAOC enjoins state-of-the-art air defense systems and cutting-edge computer technology to significantly increase surveillance and identification capabilities, and better protect the nation's airways from intrusion and attack. It is fully integrated with the

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The early 1990s was a period of mission changes and force modernization. The 11th Air Force was reorganized as an objective Numbered Air Force during 1992–1993 and its headquarters reduced to only 100 authorizations. Its major units also changed. At Elmendorf AFB the

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in January 1992. During yet another reorganization, the wing was inactivated 1 July 1994 with the closure of the station. It was replaced by "..two groups organized under the 11 AF, the 611th Air Operations Group and 611th Air Logistics Group, later changed to the

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Bases, but rejected that idea too. U.S. military maintained interest in these plans when they ordered the expansion of bases in the western Aleutian Islands, and major construction began on Shemya for a possible invasion of Japan via the Northern route in 1945.

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of radio and navigation aids in the Aleutian Islands. Because of the tremendous advances brought about by intensive instrument training and the increased aids to navigation and radio, planes that used to be grounded by weather, were now flying regular schedules.

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begun the construction of Elmendorf Field, primary fourth-echelon base for all future Eleventh Air Force operations. Construction of the airfield began on 8 June when 25 locally hired men began clearing brush, the Army intending it to be a permanent airfield.

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The Aleutian Islands, on the Great Circle route from North America to the Orient may not have fulfilled their hope of becoming the "Northern Highway to Victory," but they were established as an air transport route, vital during the early years of the

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the likely objective. As a result, within thirty-six hours, Eleventh Air Force using commandeered civilian aircraft flew nearly 2,300 troops to Nome, along with artillery and antiaircraft guns and several tons of other equipment and supplies.

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Located at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, the center consists of five squadrons and two numbered flights that develop plans, procedures and directives for the employment of Alaskan combat and support forces assigned to the 11th Air Force,

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An extremely fortunate accident took place in October 1941, which possibly changed the whole course of World War II in Alaska. Equipment for the construction of a CAA-DLA (Civil Aeronautics Authority-Defense Land Appropriation) airfield at

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was constructed on Attu for long-range bombing operations. Eleventh Air Force carried out another bombing mission against northern Kurils on 5 February 1944, when it attacked with six B-24s from the 404th Bomb Sqdn. (28th BG) and 16

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By mid-June the Joint Chiefs of Staff theorized that the attack on the Aleutian Islands and the occupation of its westernmost islands might be part of a holding action designed to screen a northward thrust by Japanese forces into

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in Hawaii, learned of Japanese plans by 21 May 1942. As of 1 June 1942, United States military strength in Alaska stood at 45,000 men. On that day the XI Intercepter Command, activated earlier, in March, was redesignated the

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Several changes took place following the occupation of Kiska. The Eleventh Air Force became a component of Task Force "Y", still under Navy jurisdiction. Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher was named ComNorPac and Major General

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became a secondary major air base in Alaska. It was named after Major Arthur K. Ladd, killed in a flying accident near Dale, South Carolina on 13 December 1935. Unlike Elmendorf, Ladd Field came the jurisdiction of

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Construction began 22 June 1941, activated 1 April 1941. Became AAF/Civil joint-use airport used as refueling/servicing of transport aircraft between Washington State and Elmendorf. Closed 1945 and turned over to

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it called for the departure of all the A-10s. Shortly thereafter, the 18 FS learned that they would be converting to F-16 Aggressors over the next few years. In 2007, the last three A-10 aircraft departed Eielson

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Provides a core group of logisticians to support Air Force and NORAD air operations throughout the theater, including manning the ANR Battlestaff and establishing logistics readiness centers when necessary.

3148:; Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945; Full jurisdiction turned over to Alaska Government 1947, now a civil airport. Used as a staging facility for construction of AC&W 1182:. However the Japanese were alert and reinforced their defenses. 74 crew members in three B-24s and seven B-25 failed to return. Twenty two men were killed in action, one taken prisoner and 51 interned in 649:, on the mainland, arrived too late to begin construction of the field, since the ground already had become frozen, and General Buckner requested and received permission to divert the equipment and men to 1491: 1011:

Throughout this period, the striking power of the Eleventh Air Force included only three squadrons of medium bombers, three squadrons of heavies and four squadrons of fighters. An additional squadron of

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Americans planners had briefly contemplated an invasion of northern Japan from the Aleutian Islands during fall of 1943, but rejected that idea as too risky and impractical. They considered the use of

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Supporting the possibility of an invasion of the Alaskan mainland were reports of a Japanese fleet operating in the Bering Sea. Three separate sightings placed an enemy fleet somewhere between the

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The formation's headquarters was located at Elmendorf Airfield, from 15 January 1942; then Davis Army Airfield, August 1943 – 18 December 1945, and, after being reformed as Eleventh Air Force, at

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and around Anchorage failed to arrive, and construction was postponed until the following summer. Construction had been completed, however, on two important coastal fields in southeastern Alaska,

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Emergency 3,000 ft rolled gravel landing strip bulldozed in 1943, located adjacent to Gakona, Alaska, aligned 03/21. Abandoned after the war, now the right-of-way is a part of Alaska Highway 1.

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Six million pounds of bombs had been dropped on Kiska and Attu in Eleventh Air Force operations. The Japanese had been prevented from building an air field and from bringing in reinforcements.

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Captured Japanese airfield under construction at time of liberation, 1943. Completed by AAF Engineers and used as auxiliary transport airfield in Aleutian Islands. Closed 1945 and abandoned.

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aircraft from United States. Also used by Eleventh Air Force for staging and emergency use. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945 and closed, turned over to

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and National Guard units in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Training continued until the unit was inactivated on 1 July 1948. This organization was to have been activated on 1 July 1962 at

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Constructed 1943, activated 20 September by Air Transport Command as Station No. 16, Alaskan Wing, later 1464th AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. Was auxiliary to Ladd Army Airfield for

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The 176th Wing operates from Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson. The 176th is a multifaceted organization consisting of an airlift squadron, a complete pararescue package, as well as the

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Built 1941, opened 1 March 1942. AAF/Civil joint-use airport used as refueling/servicing of transport aircraft between Washington State and Elmendorf. Closed 1945 and turned over to

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ferrying Lend-Lease aircraft; Also used by Eleventh Air Force for staging and emergency use. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945; transferred to

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attack. During the crucial period, while other United States forces were advancing in the South Pacific, the Japanese were forced to keep much-needed aircraft, in the Kuriles and

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alternatively with pontoons, skis and wheels, depending the season. The C-64s were used to resupply stations along the Canadian pipeline as well as for search and rescue work.

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More than a month before the unopposed landing on Kiska, the Eleventh Air Force began a new phase of operations against the Japanese. On 10 July 1943, six Eleventh Air Force

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Six months after Eleventh Air Force had been redesignated in Alaska, another headquarters, also named Eleventh Air Force, was established on 13 May 1946 and activated at

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had to learn to fly in a country where sudden fogs could close out airports in less than 10 minutes and high-velocity "williwaws" could tear the wings off combat planes.

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With Kiska cut off by the occupation of Attu, the Japanese made plans to evacuate the Aleutian Islands. Numerous sorties were made by the Japanese Fifth Fleet, based at

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warning, airway radio communication, and a weather reporting station. No permanent units assigned, abandoned. Reported hazardous munitions still remaining on island.

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operated in the Aleutian theater for a short while, but their light landing gear was unsatisfactory for use on the rough fields and they were returned to the States.

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pilots. Host unit was 1469th AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. Renamed Marks Army Airfield, 1942. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945

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refueled and took off for Seattle. He landed in Washington after 31 hours of flying time, with the first motion pictures of the Japanese surrender the previous day.

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All through the winter of 1941–1942, men worked at the construction of these two air bases, and by spring, two 5,000-foot airstrips were completed, one at Cold Bay (

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in April 1942. From Alexai Point AAF on Attu, eight Mitchells of the 77th Bomb Squadron. (28th BG) struck Paramushiro bases principally. All returned safely.

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It took these actions due to the fact that only two bomber squadrons remained in the Eleventh Air Force and the need to reduce the number of personnel. The

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With the Aleutian Campaign completed, the Eleventh Air Force had the following units reassigned to other combat areas between 20 August and 1 September: the

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Air Force personnel in Alaska were also fully integrated into the Air and Space Expeditionary Force deployment cycles, supporting operations as part of the

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series, and the Alaskan range complex was greatly expanded and improved to accommodate not only Cope Thunder but other joint training requirements as well.

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data from the sites in the Alaska Radar System (ARS) to determine range, direction altitude speed and whether or not the objects are friendly or hostile.

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Major General Thomas J. Hanley, Jr. took command, and a cadre of enlisted personnel arrived at Olmsted on 19 June 1946. The headquarters was relocated to

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Constructed 1941 as landing field for transport aircraft between Washington State and Elmendorf; activated on 1 March 1942; closed 1945, turned over to

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aircraft to Siberia; Also used by Eleventh Air Force for staging and emergency use. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945

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Opened on 1 July 1941 as a civil airport. Used as a military refueling/servicing stop for transport aircraft between Washington State and Elmendorf.

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Constructed 1943 by Air Transport Command; activated on 20 September as Station No. 4, Alaskan Wing, was auxiliary to Ladd Army Airfield for

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Eleventh Air Force, sent between 24 August and 4 September 1945 two B-24 Liberators of the 28th BG flew reconnaissance overflights over the North

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A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Air Refueling Wing flies in formation with two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the

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fighters and support forces to combatant commanders anytime, anyplace, in support of U.S. national security objectives. The wing also hosts

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Constructed 1941 by CAA a civil airport. Used as a sub-base of Ladd Army Airbase . Used by Air Transport Command as auxiliary airfield for

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in summer, because the severe Alaskan frost in winter made construction impossible, but equipment for the construction of fields north of

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for use against Nazi forces. Eleventh Air Force aircraft were also ferried up the NWSR, with the aircraft being flown to Elmendorf from

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was responsible for conducting night reconnaissance missions over the Kuriles and flying a daily weather reconnaissance flights. The

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and St. Lawrence Islands, suggesting that either an enemy raid on or an outright invasion of the Alaskan mainland was imminent, with

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The first aerial bombing of the American continent during World War II took place on 3 and 4 June 1942, when two Japanese raids were

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on 15 January 1942, and was redesignated the Eleventh Air Force on 5 February. In May 1942, a field headquarters was established at

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time on, the Mitchells, made sweeps against shipping when weather permitted, and by fall were bombing land targets in the Kuriles.

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Other changes during the period included upgrading the 11th Tactical Air Control Group to the 11th Air Control Wing (11 ACW) at

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Island, barely 75 statute miles from Kiska, and a month later, on 16 February, the first aircraft, a P-38 and a P-40, landed on

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aircraft from United States. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945 and closed, turned over to

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Chloe, John Hale, (1984), Top Cover for America. the Air Force in Alaska. 1920–1983, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company,

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11 AF plans, conducts, controls and coordinates air operations in accordance with the tasks assigned by the commander,

6537: 6094: 6532: 6498: 6455: 1651:, ENDURING FREEDOM, and ANACONDA; in 2004, The 355th Fighter Squadron deployed to Bagram AB, Afghanistan, as part of the 388: 263: 199: 7242: 6690: 6645: 6322: 6182: 6074: 5387: 4595: 1750: 1568: 1421: 696: 330: 6973: 6547: 6365: 5741: 5695: 5656: 5636: 5554: 5519: 2891:

aircraft to Siberia; Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945 and closed, turned over to

68: 46: 6423: 5772: 5175: 4795: 4524: 3482:

Constructed 1943 by Air Transport Command; Host unit was 1463d AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. Mission was servicing

1734:, Both 11th AF and the Canadian Forces provide active duty forces to the 611th Air and Space Operations Center. The 1281:

ATC also developed two transport routes to Alaska during the war to support Eleventh Air Force. The first was from

39: 6593: 6566: 6508: 6459: 6041: 5836: 5789: 3682: 1532: 313: 5477: 5459: 5141: 6680: 6360: 6079: 6051: 1881: 442: 1992:

Transferred to Alaskan Air Command; Became Davis Air Force Base; Transferred to Department of the Navy, 1949 as

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Although Eleventh Air Force was engaged in combat during the Aleutian Campaign, the command also supported the

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on 17 July 1920. Each plane had a black profile of a Wolf's head painted on their sides. The trip organizer,

231: 6655: 1535:. The new organization was allotted the lineage of the previous Eleventh Air Force that had served in Alaska. 1293:

from Japan to the United States. Much of the transport along the routes were an airline responsibility, with

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to manage the buildup of the Army Air Forces in Alaska and replacing the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command.

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became, literally, a stationary aircraft carrier. These islands were taken without opposition, on 29 May.

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pilots. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945 and closed, turned over to

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Region. The NORAD mission is accomplished largely through the PACAF Regional Support Center (PRSC), the

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These operations led to a joint mission on 11 September 1943, when Eleventh Air Force dispatched eight

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bombers warming up on Amchitka, and knew from the sound of the engines when the raids were taking off.

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Built 1942 for Air Transport Command; Host unit was 1465th AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. Was used on

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Finally, in keeping with Air Force Chief of Staff guidance to retain the most illustrious units, the

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A-24 Banshee Dive Bombers, used in attacks on Kiska and Attu by the 635th Bombardment Squadron (Dive)

805: 726: 688: 598: 446: 419: 298: 285: 5345: 3361:

for disposition, 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947 and now civil airport.

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Constructed 1942, opened 1 July. Used by Air Transport Command as refueling/servicing airfield for

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The responsibilities for aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America are assigned to

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Region and other unified commanders. The Commander, Eleventh Air Force, also serves as Commander,

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This unit is not related to the Eleventh Air Force headquartered in Pennsylvania described below.

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and Air Transport Command planes were operating in the Aleutian Islands with airline regularity.

1001: 986: 966: 765: 764:. The pilots leaving Great Falls flew along a route of small airfields that became known as the 381: 343: 280: 150: 6787: 2887:

Constructed 1943 by Air Transport Command, used as refueling/servicing airfield for transfer of

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Early in 1940, the question of air defense of the Alaska Territory came into the limelight when

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in the mid-1950s. Full jurisdiction turned over to Alaska Government 1958, now a civil airport.

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Transferred to Alaskan Air Command; Became Amchitka Air Force Base; Closed 1948, now abandoned

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pilots at Ladd Field, and from there the Soviet pilots would fly to Marks Army Airfield, near

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lost over the Kuriles and Lieutenant James C. Pottenger and his crew made a forced landing in

756:, Montana by American civilian aircrews; Soviet crews then flew the planes west through Nome ( 453:

in late 1945, and became responsible for the air defense of Alaska. With the collapse of the

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Construction began 21 September 1941, activated 4 July 1942; a.k.a. Bethel Air Base; Used by

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Eleventh Air Force also accomplished the daunting drawdown of the forward operating bases at

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occupation in the area. Soviet fighters intercepted and forced them away a foretaste of the

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by Air Transport Command beginning in September 1942. Lend-Lease aircraft were ferried from

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though Ladd Field during the course of World War II. The aircraft were flown into Ladd from

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An F-15E Strike Eagle and an F-22 Raptor fly over the coast of Prince William Sound, Alaska.

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Eleventh Air Force is the United States Air Force component of ANR. Coordinating with the

1683: 1647:. In 2001–2002, the 18th Fighter Squadron deployed to Al Jaber, AB, Kuwait to take part in 602: 594: 191: 4931: 4829: 3345:

Constructed 1943 as auxiliary landing strip for Marks AAF; Used as servicing airfield for

945: 8: 7201: 6968: 6929: 6878: 6207: 6192: 6187: 5220: 4772: 4710: 3421: 3413: 3292: 3274: 2962: 2882: 2575: 2562:; Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945; became joint-use 2277: 1629: 1602: 1579: 1445: 1425: 1417: 1025: 887: 879: 822: 809: 769: 748:

Program. Through Lend-Lease, the United States transferred nearly 8,000 aircraft to the

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for disposition, 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1949 and now

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for disposition, 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947 and now

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for disposition, 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947 and now

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for disposition, 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1950 and now

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for disposition, 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1949 and now

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for disposition, 1946. Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947 and now

1711: 1004:, a quickly-built airstrip. The first mission against Kiska was flown on 18 February. 973:

On 30 August 1942, in the face of a howling gale, American Army troops went ashore on

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at Unmnak (Fort Glenn AAF), June 1942. The B-17E (41–9126) was lost on 28 August 1942

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after transfer. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945

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Search Group (Naval Fleet Air Wing Four). Overall command was vested in Vice Admiral

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Detachment operated from Fort Randall, Fort Glenn, Adak and Amchitka AAF, 1942, 1943

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Operated from: Fort Glenn, Fort Morrow, Adak, Amchitka AAF, 4 June 1942 – 1 May 1943

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Dedication of the Aleutians Campaign Memorial on 5 June 1982 at Dutch Harbor, Alaska

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Headquarters of the Eleventh Air Force was closed at Kodiak and moved to Davis AAF.

457:, it was transferred to the control of PACAF in 1990 and reduced to the status of a 7161: 7141: 7131: 6741: 6270: 6157: 6142: 6132: 5818: 5781: 4908: 3494: 3476: 3429: 2331: 2284: 1334:

disbanded per General Order 9, Headquarters, Eleventh Air Force, 25 February 1944.

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Capt. St. Clair Streett (at left) with pilots of the 1920 Alaskan Flying Expedition

5823: 4536: 1055:, Attu, on 7 June. The operation against Attu also included the occupation of the 7171: 7146: 7136: 7126: 6963: 6720: 6710: 6705: 6700: 6630: 6167: 6162: 6147: 6137: 6127: 5793: 5776: 5356: 3969: 3693: 3093: 2896: 2878: 2831: 2691: 1516: 1345:

at Alexai Point AAF, Attu, assumed the responsibilities of the two commands. The

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Attached to: IX Air Force Service Command (Provisional), 21 June – 8 August 1942

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aircraft. Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945.

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and made the first direct attack on the Japanese home islands since the famous

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Operated from: Elmendorf, Yakutat, Naknek, Fort Morrow AAF, June–November 1942

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units, although the term "provisional" was never used in connection with them.

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in 1989, the next logical step was to place its air component (AAC) under the

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in Alaska, in support of Alaska Command, Alaska NORAD Region, and 11 AF.

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in 1992 and an OA-10A squadron was activated. Eielson AFB became home of the

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pointed out in his message to Congress requesting funds for fortification of

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If activated for federal service, the 11th Air Force gains two wings of the

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aircraft. Designated Tanacross Air Base, July 1944. Mission was servicing

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since its establishment in 1941, was transferred to the jurisdiction of the

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Attached to: Troop Carrier Group (Provisional), 1 July 1943 – 6 March 1944

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Big Delta Army Airfield (ATC), Fort Greeley, 9 February 1942 – 28 May 1943

3339: 3204: 3157: 3009: 1613: 1362: 1255: 1243: 922: 906: 895: 883: 797: 757: 749: 662: 618: 454: 6578: 5828: 1605:, a veteran of the Aleutian Campaign, was inactivated in August 1993. The 249: 207: 5824:

Photos from 11th Air Force, Alexai Point Army Airfield, Attu Island, 1944

5769: 5713: 5396: 2637: 2105: 1986: 1575: 1373: 1071: 974: 882:. As a result of their concern about a possible Japanese attack upon the 842: 801: 571: 559: 5786: 5549:. Missoula: Pictorials Histories Publishing Co., Inc. pp. v, 1–2. 4700: 4162: 3619: 3612: 3486: 3346: 3284: 3211: 3141: 3075: 2888: 2823: 2555: 1757: 1674: 1444:, Pennsylvania, on 13 June 1946. This new organization was assigned to 1239: 996:

On 11 January 1943, American Army troops went ashore on the unoccupied

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on 9 August 1946, base units were assigned and training commenced for

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in the central Pacific. The Japanese Northern Area Fleet's attacks on

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B-24 Liberator of the 404th Bombardment Squadron in a revetment, 1942

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Missile Defense Flight or Command Representative for Missile Defense

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Detachment at: Shemya Army Airfield, 11 August 1945 – 15 August 1946

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aircraft carriers. Once the enemy planes were removed, Task Force 8/

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Detachment at: Fort Glenn Army Airfield, 6 June – 19 September 1942

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Operated from: Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 25 July – 13 August 1943

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Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Special Order GA-44, 1 August 1990

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also was born in that winter of 1941–1942. First conceived as the

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Fort Morrow Army Airfield, Kodiak, 30 September – 1 December 1942

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Big Delta Army Airfield, Fort Greeley, 18 April – 3 November 1942

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Eleventh Air Force, which was under the jurisdiction of the Army

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Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977

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Detachment at: Fort Randall Army Airfield, 6 June – 31 July 1942

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Operated from: Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 1 June – 4 August 1943

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on 12 August 1940. On 12 December the Army designated the base

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Operated from: Amchitka Army Airfield, 19 July – 15 August 1943

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The 3rd Wing is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson,

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conducting a raid on Paramushiru Island, Japan, 18 August 1943

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P-39E Airacobra used by the 42d Fighter Squadron, deployed to

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were deployed at Fort Randall Army Airfield, Cold Bay and the

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landing Mitchel Field on 20 Oct. 1920 after 112 flying hours.

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Deployed from 54th Fighter Group, 20 June – 21 December 1942

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Detachment at: Amchitka Army Airfield, 27 March – 17 May 1943

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Deployed to: Marks Army Airfield (ATC), Nome, 18–25 July 1942

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War Department Letter: Activation of Air Corps Unit, AG 320.2

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Deployed to: Fort Glenn Army Airfield, Umnak, 24 August 1942

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Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 12 September 1943 – 31 March 1944

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advance echelon to arrive in Alaska included a six-year-old

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18 September 1942 – 18 December 1945 (as Eleventh Air Force)

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Detachment at: Fort Randall Army Airfield, 12 November 1942

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Operated from: Fort Glenn Army Airfield, Umnak, 30 May 1942

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in December 1991 due to the destruction of Clark AB by the

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Marks Army Airfield (ATC), Nome, 20 June – 20 October 1942

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Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 10 September – 12 December 1942

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11th Fighter Squadron on alert at Fort Glenn AAF June 1942

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The first Air Corps unit to be assigned to Alaska was the

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Military aircraft began flying in Alaska in 1920 when the

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about the daily lives of the servicemen at Adak Airfield.

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11th Air Force/Alaska NORAD Region (ANR) Logistics Flight

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Deployed to: Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 13 September 1942

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after the end of the war, the route becoming part of the

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28 December 1941 – 5 February 1942 (as Alaskan Air Force)

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18 December 1945 – 9 August 1990 (as Alaskan Air Command)

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Elmendorf Army Airfield, 15 November 1942 – 5 March 1949

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Shemya Army Airfield, 26 February 1944 – 20 October 1945

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with a mission to locate and attack the Japanese Fleet.

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18th Pursuit Squadron P-36 Hawks, Elmendorf, August 1941

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11th Air Force, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska

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performing an Anti-Shipping Patrol in the North Pacific

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Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

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Elmendorf Army Airfield, 2 May 1942 – 18 February 1944

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Elmendorf Army Airfield, 23 October – 21 December 1942

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Elmendorf Army Airfield, November 1942 – October 1943

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as a final refueling and maintenance stop on-route to

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House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

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Fort Glenn Army Airfield, Umnak, 8 March 23 May 1943

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Operated from: Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 20 May 1942

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Eleventh Air Force, 20 October 1945 – 5 January 1947

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Shemya Army Airfield, 5 October 1945 – 15 August 1946

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hospital C-47, landed on a newly completed runway at

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with Japan. To coordinate air activities there, the

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5 February 1942 – 18 September 1942 (as 11 Air Force)

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353d Combat Training Squadron Factsheet, Eielson AFB

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Serves as the focal point for all issues related to

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Elmendorf Army Airfield, 20 June – 30 September 1942

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Shemya Army Airfield, 26 February 1944 – 5 July 1947

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before long-distance air transports were developed.

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and its adjacent airfields on the Alaskan mainland.

4504:Eleventh Air Force, 10 October 1944 – 5 March 1949 4315:

Shemya Army Airfield, 25 June 1943 – 15 August 1946

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Detachment at Amchitka Army Airfield, May–July 1943

1227: 1216:as defense against possible attack from the North. 792:laid plans to attack Alaska in conjunction with an 7223:Numbered air forces of the United States Air Force 5953:House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces 5729: 4015:Operated from: Amchitka Army Airfield, 4 June 1943 7233:Military units and formations established in 1942 4352:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 31 May – 24 August 1942 4073:Eleventh Air Force, 20 October – 5 November 1945 3078:aircraft from United States ATC pilots to Soviet 2337:Transferred to Alaskan Air Command, 1945. Became 7214: 5593:"Abstract, History of Eleventh AF, Jan-Jun 1948" 3933:Amchitka Army Airfield, 4 May 13 September 1943 2416: 2276:, Alaska Territory, 1941–1945, Closed 1945, now 657:, to build two airfields for the defense of the 576:Fort Richardson and flying field Elmendorf Field 7228:Air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces 5736:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. 5684:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II 4398:Fort Morrow Army Airfield, Kodiak, 12 June 1942 4190:Provisional Interceptor Command, 2 January 1942 4052:Amchitka Army Airfield, 1 June – 30 August 1943 1326:assigned as sub bases to Elmendorf Field. The 941:Aerial reconnaissance of Kiska, 11 October 1942 106:9 August 1990 – present (as Eleventh Air Force) 5680: 5641: 5526:. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. 31 May 2023 4501:XI Air Force Service Command, 15 November 1942 1715:Battle Control System – Fixed (BCS-F) display. 1511:in 2006 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. 1031: 772:, southeast of Fairbanks, became Fort Greely. 6803: 6594: 5844: 5809:168th Air Refueling Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska 4680:The 168th Air Refueling Wing is stationed at 4661: 4577:theater staging and throughput requirements. 4478:IX Air Force Service Command, 8 August 1942 4297:Fort Randall Army Airfield, 25 December 1942 4087:Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 12 December 1942 4001:, Washington, 30 August – 10 September 1942 1785:General Order 51: HQ, Alaska Defense Command 1723:through the binational NORAD agreement. The 1436:Eleventh Air Force in Pennsylvania 1946–1948 1028:, abbreviated to ComNorPacFor or ComNorPac. 653:on the Alaskan Peninsula and Otter Point on 6608: 5858: 4713:with continuous operations and maintenance. 4049:Fort Glenn Army Airfield, Umnak, April 1943 3759:Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 4 September 1943 2399:Transferred to Alaskan Air Command, Became 2163:Transferred to Alaskan Air Command, Became 1811:General Order 3, HQ Alaskan Defense Command 1242:transport of aircraft though Alaska to the 1108: 441:. It provided air defense of Alaska during 6810: 6796: 6601: 6587: 5851: 5837: 5727: 4256:Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 6 December 1942 4105:, Attu, 11 February 1944 – 19 October 1945 4076:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 29 December 1942 4009:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 21 September 1942 3868:Fort Glenn Army Airfield, 1 September 1942 3865:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 11 September 1942 1313:Army Air Forces Alaskan Air Command emblem 886:that might also include the occupation of 868: 91: 6839:Previously: Alaskan Air Force (1941-1942) 4363:Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 31 August 1942 4289:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 10 October 1942 4250:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 21 February 1941 4211:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 29 December 1941 4099:Amchitka Army Airfield, 11 September 1943 3845:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 13 February 1941 1925: 1416:Under the USAAF, it was re-designated as 932: 832: 775: 516:Air Field Forces, Alaskan Defense Command 304:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award 69:Learn how and when to remove this message 5512: 4268:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 6 November 1945 4259:Amchitka Army Airfield, 15 February 1943 3871:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 3 December 1942 3848:Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 14 March 1943 3839:28th Composite (later Bombardment) Group 1710: 1702: 1694: 1543:was inactivated and was replaced by the 1502: 1490: 1482: 1474: 1316: 1308: 1130: 1118: 960: 952: 944: 936: 836: 779: 709:, it emerged as an integral unit as the 682: 541: 533: 525: 468: 412:North American Aerospace Defense Command 404:North American Aerospace Defense Command 32:This article includes a list of general 7238:Military units and formations in Alaska 5799:354th Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska 4586:The 354th Fighter Wing is stationed at 4514: 4375:, Attu, 20 November 1943 – 8 March 1946 4041:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 14 March 1941 4012:Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 22 May 1943 3874:Davis Army Airfield, Adak, 1 March 1943 2334:, Alaska Territory, Opened 1 April 1945 1897:Alaska Defense Command, 17 October 1941 1756:The ARS consists of minimally attended 1662: 1574:There were also significant changes at 1531:once again and assigned as a NAF under 425:Established on 28 December 1941 as the 172:, 28 December 1941 – 18 September 1947) 7215: 6047:Operational Test and Evaluation Center 5911:Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force 5782:Alaskan Command, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 5645:Air Force Combat Units of World War II 3922:Elmendorf Army Airfield, 31 March 1941 3714: 1592:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons 1584:Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II 672:), the other at Otter Point on Umnak ( 593:, California on 21 February 1941 with 589:, which transferred to Elmendorf from 281:World War II - Asiatic-Pacific Theater 6791: 6582: 5832: 5544: 4717: 4616:611th Air and Space Operations Center 4592:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon 4369:Shemya Army Airfield, 18 October 1943 4366:Amchitka Army Airfield, 12 March 1943 4208:, 11 September 1942 – 15 August 1946 3762:Shemya Army Airfield, 3–31 March 1944 1903:, 15 December 1941 – 18 December 1945 1305:Drawdown and redesignation, 1944–1945 1301:operating the routes under contract. 601:arrived less than a month later from 416:611th Air and Space Operations Center 5626:Air Force Historical Research Agency 4347:, 11 September 1942 – 21 March 1946 3919:, 1 February 1940 – 19 October 1943 3902: 3832: 3756:Amchitka Army Airfield, 24 June 1943 3724: 2566:, used for construction of AC&W 2422: 1936: 1202:In November 1943 a second airfield, 729:at Fort Glenn Army Airfield, Umnak. 190:Provide combat-ready air forces for 18: 5819:11th Air Force World War II History 4286:, 10 October 1942 – 15 August 1946 4247:11 September 1942 – 15 August 1946 3961:Squadron assigned 21 September 1942 3911:(Medium, later Heavy) (B-18, B-17E) 3822:: 11 August 1942 – 25 October 1944. 1930: 1856:Became subordinate organization to 13: 6548:Air & Space Forces Association 5965:Senate Committee on Armed Services 5388:Alaska World War II Army Airfields 4596:Air Education and Training Command 3958:Air echelon attached, 12 July 1942 1751:Airborne early warning and control 1699:Emblem of the Alaskan NORAD Region 1569:962d Airborne Air Control Squadron 1422:United States Air Forces in Europe 707:Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command 697:Alaska World War II Army Airfields 410:, and as commander of the Alaskan 38:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 7254: 5758: 1776:Air Force, Alaska Defense Command 1507:The Eielson 355th FS deployed to 7031: 6818: 6654: 6609: 6562: 6561: 6460:Division of Military Aeronautics 5985: 5884:Under Secretary of the Air Force 5620: This article incorporates 5615: 5344: 5310: 5276: 5242: 5208: 5174: 5140: 5106: 5072: 5038: 5004: 4970: 4930: 4896: 4862: 4828: 4794: 4760: 4129:, 1 June 1942 – 31 October 1943 1533:United States Pacific Air Forces 1470: 1228:Air Transport Command operations 825:of the Navy, under Rear-Admiral 398:, and is the force provider for 387:(PACAF). It is headquartered at 314:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 307: 297: 274: 244: 235: 226: 217: 164: 155: 143: 125: 97:Shield of the Eleventh Air Force 23: 6681:Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson 5728:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). 5610: 5585: 4470:Eleventh Air Force, 2 May 1942 4310:, Attu, 12 June – December 1943 3082:pilots; aircraft then flown to 1882:United States Department of War 701:Administratively speaking, the 437:. it was initially part of the 389:Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson 264:Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson 16:US Air Force division in Alaska 6691:Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam 6371:Reserve Officer Training Corps 6328:Judge Advocate General's Corps 5970:Senate Subcommittee on Airland 5948:House Armed Services Committee 5814:176th Wing, Kulis ANGB, Alaska 5787:3d Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 5563: 5538: 5498: 5484: 5466: 5448: 5434: 5415: 4725: 4648:Ground-based Midcourse Defense 4038:, 3 May 1941 – 6 October 1943 3979:(ATC), Fairbanks, 12 July 1942 1891: 1761:were introduced in the 1990s. 1465:Military Air Transport Service 1361:Islands to take photos of the 878:'s maritime provinces and the 449:. It was re-designated as the 232:United States Northern Command 116:(82 years, 8 months) 1: 7120:United States Army Air Forces 6519:Women Airforce Service Pilots 5681:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) . 5642:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) . 5403: 3709: 2417:Support/Transferred airfields 2396:, Aleutian Islands, 1943–1945 2160:, Alaska Territory, 1940–1945 2050:, Aleutian Islands, 1943–1945 1989:, Aleutian Islands, 1942–1945 1808:Activated on 15 January 1942 1567:(C-130Hs and C-12Fs) and the 1523:. By reorganizing AAC into a 1411:United States Army Air Forces 439:United States Army Air Forces 153:(18 September 1947 – present) 5765:Eleventh Air Force Factsheet 5506:"Eleventh Air Force (PACAF)" 5492:"Eleventh Air Force (PACAF)" 5442:"Eleventh Air Force (PACAF)" 5130:~3 years, 184 days 5096:~2 years, 203 days 4694:213th Space Warning Squadron 4441:, 20 June – 1 December 1942 4339:, 31 May – 11 September 1941 3896: 3820:XI Air Force Service Command 3795:Inactivated on 31 March 1944 3745:Inactivated on 31 March 1944 3503:Ogliuga Island Army Airfield 2429:Annette Island Army Airfield 1922:from 9 August 1990 onwards. 1609:was activated in its place. 538:Elmendorf Field, August 1941 483:The Alaska Flying Expedition 198:, along with serving as the 7: 5874:Department of the Air Force 5376: 5300:2 years, 113 days 5164:~1 year, 281 days 4686:Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 4552:GPX (secondary coordinates) 4494:54th Troop Carrier Squadron 4115:(Medium) (B-18, B-26, B-25) 4062:(Medium) (B-18, B-26, B-25) 4030:(Medium) (B-18, B-26, B-25) 3719: 3067:Fairbanks, Alaska Territory 2229:Fort Morrow Army Airfield, 1913: 1732:Canadian Forces Air Command 1634:Eareckson Air Force Station 1582:became the host unit. The 1515:With the activation of the 1032:Recapture of Attu and Kiska 912:Consolidated B-24 Liberator 768:. One of those airfields, 487:The New York to Nome Flight 10: 7259: 6636:Seventh (Air Forces Korea) 5879:Secretary of the Air Force 5520:"Colonel Philip Lancaster" 5334:1 year, 364 days 5266:1 year, 240 days 5062:3 years, 11 days 4994:1 year, 359 days 4886:1 year, 119 days 4852:2 years, 53 days 4818:1 year, 351 days 4784:1 year, 339 days 4707:176th Air Control Squadron 4598:'s Arctic Survival School. 4463:42d Troop Carrier Squadron 4308:Alexai Point Army Airfield 4150:635th Bombardment Squadron 4113:406th Bombardment Squadron 4103:Alexai Point Army Airfield 4092:Alexai Point Army Airfield 3946:404th Bombardment Squadron 3878:Alexai Point Army Airfield 3785:Activated on 15 March 1942 3742:Activated on 19 March 1943 3422:King Salmon Air Force Base 3150:Tatalina Air Force Station 2554:as auxiliary airfield for 2339:Thornbrough Air Force Base 2285:Fort Randall Army Airfield 2059:Alexai Point Army Airfield 1768: 1736:176th Air Control Squadron 1541:21st Tactical Fighter Wing 1347:404th Bombardment Squadron 1231: 1125:404th Bombardment Squadron 1112: 1103:407th Bombardment Squadron 1099:406th Bombardment Squadron 1053:Alexai Point Army Airfield 1035: 916:404th Bombardment Squadron 744:, which was a part of the 694: 670:Fort Randall Army Airfield 605:, Colorado, equipped with 566:The first "troops" of the 521: 464: 7243:Aleutian Islands campaign 7115: 7091: 7075: 7068: 7047: 7040: 7029: 6948: 6902: 6851: 6844: 6837: 6729: 6663: 6652: 6621: 6556: 6437: 6399: 6283: 6221: 6118: 6060: 6034: 6003: 5994: 5983: 5866: 5595:. Air Force History Index 5573:. Air Force History Index 5393:Report from the Aleutians 5232:2 years, 8 days 5198:3 years, 7 days 5028:2 years, 4 days 4732: 4729: 4724: 4668:Alaska Air National Guard 4662:Alaska Air National Guard 4547:GPX (primary coordinates) 4522:Map all coordinates using 4060:77th Bombardment Squadron 3909:36th Bombardment Squadron 3826: 3690:War Assets Administration 3624:War Assets Administration 3491:War Assets Administration 3359:War Assets Administration 2893:War Assets Administration 2704:Cordova Municipal Airport 2700:War Assets Administration 2486:War Assets Administration 1909:, 9 August 1990 – present 1407:Presidio of San Francisco 1351:77th Bombardment Squadron 1248:Great Falls Army Air Base 1137:77th Bombardment Squadron 1091:36th Bombardment Squadron 1087:21st Bombardment Squadron 806:Aleutian Islands Campaign 727:21st Bombardment Squadron 715:Fort Morrow Army Airfield 689:36th Bombardment Squadron 599:36th Bombardment Squadron 447:Aleutian Islands Campaign 420:Alaska Air National Guard 350: 339: 324: 319: 293: 270: 255: 213: 186: 176: 138: 120: 102: 90: 85: 6685:Elmendorf Air Force Base 6646:Thirteenth Expeditionary 6381:Airman Leadership School 6183:Thirteenth Expeditionary 6021:Field Operating Agencies 5792:11 February 2017 at the 5547:Alaska Flying Expedition 4684:, Alaska, and flies the 4676:168th Air Refueling Wing 4530:Download coordinates as: 4373:Casco Cove Army Airfield 4263:Casco Cove Army Airfield 4028:73d Bombardment Squadron 3739:Constituted 4 March 1943 3683:Yakutat City and Borough 3349:aircraft being flown to 3214:aircraft being flown to 3144:aircraft being flown to 2568:Bethel Air Force Station 2558:aircraft being flown to 2175:Fort Glenn Army Airfield 2165:Elmendorf Air Force Base 1920:Elmendorf Air Force Base 1649:Operation Southern Watch 1453:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1204:Casco Cove Army Airfield 1147:made the long flight to 1109:Operations against Japan 1095:73d Bombardment Squadron 851:made on the Dutch Harbor 723:73d Bombardment Squadron 678:perforated steel matting 674:Fort Glenn Army Airfield 260:Elmendorf Air Force Base 133:United States of America 6954:Northwest Staging Route 6366:Officer Training School 5860:United States Air Force 5383:Joint Task Force-Alaska 4690:Clear Air Force Station 4634:611th Air Support Group 4609:Andersen Air Force Base 4325:(P-40, P-43, F-5, P-38) 4158:407th Bombardment Group 3880:, Attu, 22 January 1944 3801:Elmendorf Army Airfield 3617:Northwest Staging Route 3610:Northwest Staging Route 3484:Northwest Staging Route 3282:Northwest Staging Route 3073:Northwest Staging Route 2630:Northwest Staging Route 2576:Big Delta Army Airfield 1901:Western Defense Command 1869:Western Defense Command 1841:Status 18 December 1945 1671:611th Air Support Group 1645:Global War on Terrorism 1619:611th Air Support Group 1405:, headquartered at the 1403:Western Defense Command 1272:RCAF Station Whitehorse 1234:Northwest Staging Route 1135:B-25s Mitchells of the 1123:B-24 Liberators of the 869:Possible attack at Nome 794:attack on Midway Island 770:Big Delta Army Airfield 766:Northwest Staging Route 687:LB-30 and B-17E of the 512:Alaskan Defense Command 382:United States Air Force 151:United States Air Force 53:more precise citations. 6409:Awards and decorations 6042:District of Washington 6035:Direct Reporting Units 5622:public domain material 4682:Eielson Air Force Base 4588:Eielson Air Force Base 4276:344th Fighter Squadron 4121:41st Bombardment Group 3780:XI Interceptor Command 3751:Longview Army Airfield 3658:59.50861°N 139.65972°W 3578:63.37361°N 143.33333°W 3525:51.60611°N 178.65639°W 3452:62.96111°N 141.93056°W 3430:Northway Army Airfield 3389:58.67667°N 156.64917°W 3315:64.69806°N 162.05722°W 3250:64.66528°N 147.10056°W 3180:64.51222°N 165.44528°W 3116:62.95278°N 155.60500°W 3043:64.83750°N 147.61417°W 2985:51.97194°N 177.52000°W 2927:58.35556°N 134.57472°W 2854:63.76778°N 171.73306°W 2792:64.73611°N 156.93444°W 2734:62.30167°N 145.29139°W 2667:60.49194°N 145.47556°W 2598:63.99500°N 145.72000°W 2520:60.77472°N 161.72333°W 2490:Annette Island Airport 2451:55.03694°N 131.57250°W 2369:52.71222°N 174.11194°E 2307:55.19889°N 162.72083°W 2249:56.95667°N 158.63833°W 2197:53.37750°N 167.89194°W 2133:61.25000°N 149.80000°W 2081:52.81417°N 173.29750°E 2023:51.37694°N 179.25639°E 2001:Amchitka Army Airfield 1994:Naval Air Station Adak 1962:51.87778°N 176.64250°W 1926:World War II airfields 1873:Alaska Defense Command 1716: 1708: 1700: 1565:517th Airlift Squadron 1563:was added as were the 1512: 1500: 1497:355th Fighter Squadron 1488: 1480: 1339:28th Bombardment Group 1322: 1314: 1140: 1128: 1002:Amchitka Army Airfield 979:Longview Army Airfield 970: 969:, Adak in October 1942 958: 950: 942: 933:United States response 846: 833:Attack on Dutch Harbor 790:Imperial Japanese Navy 785: 776:Aleutian Campaign 1942 692: 591:Hamilton Army Airfield 547: 539: 531: 497:as they took off from 474: 351:Senior Enlisted Leader 6950:Air Transport Command 6695:Hickam Air Force Base 6452:Aeronautical Division 4709:, which supports the 4542:GPX (all coordinates) 4430:57th Fighter Squadron 4409:56th Fighter Squadron 4323:54th Fighter Squadron 4265:, Attu, 28 March 1944 4225:18th Fighter Squadron 4183:11th Fighter Squadron 3753:, Adak, 19 March 1941 3636:Yakutat Army Airfield 2832:Gambell Army Airfield 2552:Air Transport Command 2480:Alexander Archipelago 2401:Shemya Air Force Base 1942:Davis Army Airfield, 1867:Under authority from 1796:* on 28 December 1941 1714: 1706: 1698: 1596:Exercise Cope Thunder 1588:18th Fighter Squadron 1561:90th Fighter Squadron 1506: 1494: 1486: 1478: 1461:Travis Air Force Base 1430:Caribbean Air Command 1320: 1312: 1197:Troop Carrier Command 1134: 1122: 964: 956: 948: 940: 920:Air Transport Command 840: 783: 695:Further information: 686: 631:Yakutat Army Airfield 623:Annette Army Airfield 595:Curtiss P-40 Warhawks 587:18th Pursuit Squadron 545: 537: 529: 493:commanded 7 men in 4 472: 355:Chief Master Sergeant 6323:Aeronautical ratings 5922:Three-star generals 5545:Cohen, Stan (1998). 4515:Twenty-first century 4385:42d Fighter Squadron 4233:28th Composite Group 4194:28th Composite Group 4127:28th Composite Group 4094:, Attu, 22 July 1943 4068:28th Composite Group 4036:28th Composite Group 3954:28th Composite Group 3917:28th Composite Group 3663:59.50861; -139.65972 3583:63.37361; -143.33333 3530:51.60611; -178.65639 3457:62.96111; -141.93056 3394:58.67667; -156.64917 3367:Naknek Army Airfield 3326:Moses Point Airstrip 3320:64.69806; -162.05722 3293:Moses Point Airstrip 3255:64.66528; -147.10056 3185:64.51222; -165.44528 3121:62.95278; -155.60500 3094:McGrath Army Airbase 3048:64.83750; -147.61417 2990:51.97194; -177.52000 2932:58.35556; -134.57472 2859:63.76778; -171.73306 2797:64.73611; -156.93444 2739:62.30167; -145.29139 2712:Gakona Landing Strip 2672:60.49194; -145.47556 2603:63.99500; -145.72000 2525:60.77472; -161.72333 2456:55.03694; -131.57250 2347:Shemya Army Airfield 2312:55.19889; -162.72083 2254:56.95667; -158.63833 2202:53.37750; -167.89194 2138:61.25000; -149.80000 1967:51.87778; -176.64250 1834:on 18 December 1945 1827:on 18 September 1942 1725:Alaskan NORAD Region 1684:North Warning System 1663:Alaskan NORAD Region 1376:Superfortresses, on 1354:Force Headquarters. 1065:Shemya Army Airfield 754:Great Falls Airfield 721:, and planes of the 250:Alaskan NORAD Region 208:Alaskan NORAD Region 192:U.S. Pacific Command 6120:Numbered Air Forces 5901:Vice Chief of Staff 5221:Kenneth S. Wilsbach 4773:Thomas G. McInerney 4711:Alaska NORAD Region 3715:During World War II 3653: / 3573: / 3520: / 3479:, Alaska Territory. 3447: / 3384: / 3342:, Alaska Territory. 3310: / 3245: / 3175: / 3158:Marks Army Airfield 3111: / 3038: / 2980: / 2963:Kiska Army Airfield 2922: / 2883:St. Lawrence Island 2849: / 2787: / 2729: / 2662: / 2593: / 2515: / 2446: / 2374:52.71222; 174.11194 2364: / 2302: / 2278:Port Heiden Airport 2244: / 2192: / 2128: / 2086:52.81417; 173.29750 2076: / 2028:51.37694; 179.25639 2018: / 1957: / 1832:Alaskan Air Command 1707:Alaska NORAD Region 1630:King Salmon Airport 1590:were replaced with 1580:343d Composite Wing 1446:Air Defense Command 1426:Far East Air Forces 1418:Alaskan Air Command 1026:North Pacific Force 987:Davis Army Airfield 967:Davis Army Airfield 923:Marks Army Airfield 888:St. Lawrence Island 880:Kamchatka Peninsula 823:North Pacific Force 810:Pacific Ocean Areas 719:Port Heiden, Alaska 552:President Roosevelt 530:World War II emblem 479:Black Wolf Squadron 451:Alaskan Air Command 418:, and units of the 346:Philip D. Lancaster 6957:(xfr to 11AF 1945) 6827:Eleventh Air Force 6615:Pacific Air Forces 6478:The U.S. Air Force 6391:Fitness Assessment 6348:Chief of Chaplains 6267:Civilian auxiliary 6016:Air National Guard 5918:Four-star generals 5775:6 May 2017 at the 5353:Lieutenant General 5319:Lieutenant General 5285:Lieutenant General 5255:Thomas A. Bussiere 5251:Lieutenant General 5217:Lieutenant General 5183:Lieutenant General 5149:Lieutenant General 5115:Lieutenant General 5081:Lieutenant General 5051:Carrol H. Chandler 5047:Lieutenant General 5017:Norton A. Schwartz 5013:Lieutenant General 4979:Lieutenant General 4905:Lieutenant General 4871:Lieutenant General 4837:Lieutenant General 4803:Lieutenant General 4769:Lieutenant General 4718:List of commanders 4582:354th Fighter Wing 4439:54th Fighter Group 4394:54th Fighter Group 4345:343d Fighter Group 4337:XI Fighter Command 4331:55th Fighter Group 4284:343d Fighter Group 4245:343d Fighter Group 4239:XI Fighter Command 4235:, 24 February 1941 4206:343d Fighter Group 4200:XI Fighter Command 3977:Ladd Army Airfield 3859:343d Fighter Group 3790:XI Fighter Command 3770:XI Fighter Command 3685:, Alaska Territory 3605:, Alaska Territory 3556:Tanacross Air Base 3536:Ogliuga Island AAF 3416:, Alaska Territory 3277:, Alaska Territory 3207:, Alaska Territory 3021:Ladd Army Airfield 3012:, Aleutian Islands 2954:, Alaska Territory 2819:, Alaska Territory 2761:, Alaska Territory 2694:, Alaska Territory 2634:United States Army 2625:, Alaska Territory 2547:, Alaska Territory 2498:Todd Army Airfield 1907:Pacific Air Forces 1858:Pacific Air Forces 1848:Eleventh Air Force 1825:Eleventh Air Force 1820:on 5 February 1942 1717: 1709: 1701: 1673:for a list of the 1653:War in Afghanistan 1607:354th Fighter Wing 1557:F-15E Strike Eagle 1525:Numbered Air Force 1521:Pacific Air Forces 1513: 1501: 1489: 1481: 1343:343d Fighter Group 1341:on Shemya and the 1332:XI Fighter Command 1323: 1315: 1295:Northwest Airlines 1291:Great Circle Route 1149:Paramushiru Island 1141: 1129: 1115:Air raids on Japan 1046:Battle of the Pips 983:343d Fighter Group 971: 959: 951: 943: 847: 827:Robert A. Theobald 815:XI Fighter Command 786: 703:Eleventh Air Force 693: 548: 540: 532: 475: 459:Numbered Air Force 445:and fought in the 396:Pacific Air Forces 385:Pacific Air Forces 378:Numbered Air Force 370:Eleventh Air Force 331:Lieutenant General 223:Pacific Air Forces 181:Numbered Air Force 161:United States Army 86:Eleventh Air Force 7210: 7209: 7111: 7110: 7107: 7106: 7027: 7026: 6903:Support airfields 6785: 6784: 6576: 6575: 6361:Air Force Academy 6279: 6278: 5906:Director of Staff 5374: 5373: 5085:Douglas M. Fraser 5056:30 September 2002 5025:30 September 2002 5022:26 September 2000 4991:26 September 2000 4951: 4943:Tommy F. Crawford 4939:Brigadier General 4875:Patrick K. Gamble 4841:Lawrence E. Boese 4807:Joseph W. Ralston 4571:Anchorage, Alaska 4458: 4457: 4196:, 2 February 1942 3988:Will Rogers Field 3892: 3891: 3815: 3814: 3788:Re-designated as 3731:XI Bomber Command 3705: 3704: 3628:Tanacross Airport 3152:in the mid-1950s. 2412: 2411: 2113:Elmendorf Field, 1886:Alaskan Air Force 1850:on 9 August 1990 1794:Alaskan Air Force 1778:, 17 October 1941 1748:Boeing E-3 Sentry 1547:transferred from 1328:XI Bomber Command 1192:Davenport Johnson 1101:(Medium) and the 1042:Operation Cottage 918:were sent to the 711:Alaskan Air Force 607:Douglas B-18 Bolo 568:Alaskan Air Force 491:St. Clair Streett 427:Alaskan Air Force 363: 362: 79: 78: 71: 7250: 7083:28th Bombardment 7073: 7072: 7045: 7044: 7035: 6852:Combat airfields 6849: 6848: 6822: 6812: 6805: 6798: 6789: 6788: 6658: 6613: 6603: 6596: 6589: 6580: 6579: 6565: 6564: 6464:Army Air Service 6456:Aviation Section 6271:Civil Air Patrol 6001: 6000: 5989: 5988: 5853: 5846: 5839: 5830: 5829: 5754: 5752: 5750: 5735: 5724: 5722: 5720: 5689: 5677: 5675: 5673: 5650: 5619: 5618: 5605: 5604: 5602: 5600: 5589: 5583: 5582: 5580: 5578: 5567: 5561: 5560: 5542: 5536: 5535: 5533: 5531: 5516: 5510: 5509: 5502: 5496: 5495: 5488: 5482: 5481: 5480:on 11 June 2017. 5476:. Archived from 5470: 5464: 5463: 5462:on 11 June 2017. 5458:. Archived from 5452: 5446: 5445: 5438: 5422: 5419: 5348: 5314: 5280: 5246: 5212: 5187:Russell J. Handy 5178: 5144: 5110: 5076: 5042: 5008: 4974: 4947: 4934: 4914:18 December 1997 4909:David J. McCloud 4900: 4883:18 December 1997 4866: 4832: 4798: 4764: 4727: 4722: 4721: 4070:, 2 January 1942 3903: 3833: 3725: 3677: 3676: 3674: 3673: 3672: 3670: 3665: 3664: 3659: 3654: 3651: 3650: 3649: 3646: 3597: 3596: 3594: 3593: 3592: 3590: 3585: 3584: 3579: 3574: 3571: 3570: 3569: 3566: 3544: 3543: 3541: 3540: 3539: 3537: 3532: 3531: 3526: 3521: 3518: 3517: 3516: 3513: 3495:Northway Airport 3471: 3470: 3468: 3467: 3466: 3464: 3459: 3458: 3453: 3448: 3445: 3444: 3443: 3440: 3408: 3407: 3405: 3404: 3403: 3401: 3396: 3395: 3390: 3385: 3382: 3381: 3380: 3377: 3334: 3333: 3331: 3330: 3329: 3327: 3322: 3321: 3316: 3311: 3308: 3307: 3306: 3303: 3269: 3268: 3266: 3265: 3264: 3262: 3257: 3256: 3251: 3246: 3243: 3242: 3241: 3238: 3199: 3198: 3196: 3195: 3194: 3192: 3187: 3186: 3181: 3176: 3173: 3172: 3171: 3168: 3135: 3134: 3132: 3131: 3130: 3128: 3123: 3122: 3117: 3112: 3109: 3108: 3107: 3104: 3062: 3061: 3059: 3058: 3057: 3055: 3050: 3049: 3044: 3039: 3036: 3035: 3034: 3031: 3004: 3003: 3001: 3000: 2999: 2997: 2992: 2991: 2986: 2981: 2978: 2977: 2976: 2973: 2946: 2945: 2943: 2942: 2941: 2939: 2934: 2933: 2928: 2923: 2920: 2919: 2918: 2915: 2873: 2872: 2870: 2869: 2868: 2866: 2861: 2860: 2855: 2850: 2847: 2846: 2845: 2842: 2811: 2810: 2808: 2807: 2806: 2804: 2799: 2798: 2793: 2788: 2785: 2784: 2783: 2780: 2753: 2752: 2750: 2749: 2748: 2746: 2741: 2740: 2735: 2730: 2727: 2726: 2725: 2722: 2686: 2685: 2683: 2682: 2681: 2679: 2674: 2673: 2668: 2663: 2660: 2659: 2658: 2655: 2617: 2616: 2614: 2613: 2612: 2610: 2605: 2604: 2599: 2594: 2591: 2590: 2589: 2586: 2539: 2538: 2536: 2535: 2534: 2532: 2527: 2526: 2521: 2516: 2513: 2512: 2511: 2508: 2470: 2469: 2467: 2466: 2465: 2463: 2458: 2457: 2452: 2447: 2444: 2443: 2442: 2439: 2423: 2388: 2387: 2385: 2384: 2383: 2381: 2376: 2375: 2370: 2365: 2362: 2361: 2360: 2357: 2326: 2325: 2323: 2322: 2321: 2319: 2318:Fort Randall AAF 2314: 2313: 2308: 2303: 2300: 2299: 2298: 2295: 2268: 2267: 2265: 2264: 2263: 2261: 2256: 2255: 2250: 2245: 2242: 2241: 2240: 2237: 2216: 2215: 2213: 2212: 2211: 2209: 2204: 2203: 2198: 2193: 2190: 2189: 2188: 2185: 2152: 2151: 2149: 2148: 2147: 2145: 2140: 2139: 2134: 2129: 2126: 2125: 2124: 2121: 2100: 2099: 2097: 2096: 2095: 2093: 2092:Alexai Point AAF 2088: 2087: 2082: 2077: 2074: 2073: 2072: 2069: 2042: 2041: 2039: 2038: 2037: 2035: 2030: 2029: 2024: 2019: 2016: 2015: 2014: 2011: 1981: 1980: 1978: 1977: 1976: 1974: 1969: 1968: 1963: 1958: 1955: 1954: 1953: 1950: 1937: 1931:Combat airfields 1792:Established as 1586:assigned to the 1369:that lay ahead. 1299:Western Airlines 863:Battle of Midway 855:Unalaska, Alaska 804:resulted in the 788:In mid-1942 the 742:Ferrying Command 609:medium bombers. 518:on 29 May 1941. 514:established the 435:Alaska Territory 340:Deputy Commander 311: 301: 286:Aleutian Islands 278: 248: 239: 230: 221: 168: 159: 149: 147: 146: 131: 129: 128: 95: 83: 82: 74: 67: 63: 60: 54: 49:this article by 40:inline citations 27: 26: 19: 7258: 7257: 7253: 7252: 7251: 7249: 7248: 7247: 7213: 7212: 7211: 7206: 7103: 7087: 7064: 7036: 7023: 6956: 6952: 6944: 6898: 6840: 6833: 6816: 6786: 6781: 6725: 6659: 6650: 6617: 6607: 6577: 6572: 6552: 6543:Service numbers 6514:National Museum 6472:Army Air Forces 6439: 6433: 6401: 6395: 6353:Chief Scientist 6343:Medical Service 6338:Security Forces 6285: 6275: 6260:Security Forces 6217: 6114: 6056: 6030: 5990: 5986: 5981: 5862: 5857: 5794:Wayback Machine 5777:Wayback Machine 5761: 5748: 5746: 5744: 5718: 5716: 5698: 5687: 5671: 5669: 5659: 5648: 5616: 5613: 5608: 5598: 5596: 5591: 5590: 5586: 5576: 5574: 5569: 5568: 5564: 5557: 5543: 5539: 5529: 5527: 5518: 5517: 5513: 5504: 5503: 5499: 5490: 5489: 5485: 5472: 5471: 5467: 5454: 5453: 5449: 5440: 5439: 5435: 5426: 5425: 5420: 5416: 5406: 5379: 5357:Case Cunningham 5354: 5350: 5349: 5320: 5316: 5315: 5286: 5282: 5281: 5252: 5248: 5247: 5218: 5214: 5213: 5184: 5180: 5179: 5153:Stephen L. Hoog 5150: 5146: 5145: 5116: 5112: 5111: 5090:11 October 2005 5082: 5078: 5077: 5059:11 October 2005 5048: 5044: 5043: 5014: 5010: 5009: 4980: 4976: 4975: 4946: 4940: 4936: 4935: 4906: 4902: 4901: 4872: 4868: 4867: 4838: 4834: 4833: 4804: 4800: 4799: 4770: 4766: 4765: 4720: 4704: 4679: 4664: 4656: 4645: 4637: 4619: 4606: 4585: 4568: 4560: 4559: 4558: 4557: 4556: 4517: 4512: 4459: 4176: 3970:Barksdale Field 3899: 3894: 3893: 3829: 3816: 3803:, 15 March 1942 3778:Constituted as 3722: 3717: 3712: 3707: 3706: 3694:Yakutat Airport 3668: 3666: 3662: 3660: 3656: 3655: 3652: 3647: 3644: 3642: 3640: 3639: 3588: 3586: 3582: 3580: 3576: 3575: 3572: 3567: 3564: 3562: 3560: 3559: 3535: 3533: 3529: 3527: 3523: 3522: 3519: 3514: 3511: 3509: 3507: 3506: 3462: 3460: 3456: 3454: 3450: 3449: 3446: 3441: 3438: 3436: 3434: 3433: 3399: 3397: 3393: 3391: 3387: 3386: 3383: 3378: 3375: 3373: 3371: 3370: 3325: 3323: 3319: 3317: 3313: 3312: 3309: 3304: 3301: 3299: 3297: 3296: 3260: 3258: 3254: 3252: 3248: 3247: 3244: 3239: 3236: 3234: 3232: 3231: 3190: 3188: 3184: 3182: 3178: 3177: 3174: 3169: 3166: 3164: 3162: 3161: 3126: 3124: 3120: 3118: 3114: 3113: 3110: 3105: 3102: 3100: 3098: 3097: 3053: 3051: 3047: 3045: 3041: 3040: 3037: 3032: 3029: 3027: 3025: 3024: 2995: 2993: 2989: 2987: 2983: 2982: 2979: 2974: 2971: 2969: 2967: 2966: 2937: 2935: 2931: 2929: 2925: 2924: 2921: 2916: 2913: 2911: 2909: 2908: 2897:Gambell Airport 2864: 2862: 2858: 2856: 2852: 2851: 2848: 2843: 2840: 2838: 2836: 2835: 2802: 2800: 2796: 2794: 2790: 2789: 2786: 2781: 2778: 2776: 2774: 2773: 2744: 2742: 2738: 2736: 2732: 2731: 2728: 2723: 2720: 2718: 2716: 2715: 2677: 2675: 2671: 2669: 2665: 2664: 2661: 2656: 2653: 2651: 2649: 2648: 2645:Cordova Airport 2608: 2606: 2602: 2600: 2596: 2595: 2592: 2587: 2584: 2582: 2580: 2579: 2530: 2528: 2524: 2522: 2518: 2517: 2514: 2509: 2506: 2504: 2502: 2501: 2461: 2459: 2455: 2453: 2449: 2448: 2445: 2440: 2437: 2435: 2433: 2432: 2419: 2414: 2413: 2379: 2377: 2373: 2371: 2367: 2366: 2363: 2358: 2355: 2353: 2351: 2350: 2317: 2315: 2311: 2309: 2305: 2304: 2301: 2296: 2293: 2291: 2289: 2288: 2260:Fort Morrow AAF 2259: 2257: 2253: 2251: 2247: 2246: 2243: 2238: 2235: 2233: 2231: 2230: 2207: 2205: 2201: 2199: 2195: 2194: 2191: 2186: 2183: 2181: 2179: 2178: 2143: 2141: 2137: 2135: 2131: 2130: 2127: 2122: 2119: 2117: 2115: 2114: 2091: 2089: 2085: 2083: 2079: 2078: 2075: 2070: 2067: 2065: 2063: 2062: 2048:Amchitka Island 2033: 2031: 2027: 2025: 2021: 2020: 2017: 2012: 2009: 2007: 2005: 2004: 1972: 1970: 1966: 1964: 1960: 1959: 1956: 1951: 1948: 1946: 1944: 1943: 1933: 1928: 1916: 1894: 1860:, 9 August 1990 1774:Established as 1771: 1690:sites in Alaska 1686:for the former 1665: 1555:eruption. The 1517:Alaskan Command 1473: 1438: 1307: 1287:Hokkaido, Japan 1236: 1230: 1176:B-24 Liberators 1117: 1111: 1105:(Dive Bomber). 1057:Semichi Islands 1048: 1036:Main articles: 1034: 1014:P-39 Airacobras 935: 914:bombers of the 871: 853:in the city of 835: 778: 699: 524: 467: 431:Elmendorf Field 408:Alaskan Command 400:Alaskan Command 366: 358:Heath T. Tempel 334:Case Cunningham 326: 312: 306: 302: 279: 243: 241:Alaskan Command 234: 225: 204:Alaskan Command 196:Alaskan Command 170:Army Air Forces 154: 144: 142: 126: 124: 115: 113: 111: 109: 107: 98: 75: 64: 58: 55: 45:Please help to 44: 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 7256: 7246: 7245: 7240: 7235: 7230: 7225: 7208: 7207: 7205: 7204: 7199: 7194: 7189: 7184: 7179: 7174: 7169: 7164: 7159: 7154: 7149: 7144: 7139: 7134: 7129: 7123: 7122: 7116: 7113: 7112: 7109: 7108: 7105: 7104: 7102: 7101: 7095: 7093: 7089: 7088: 7086: 7085: 7079: 7077: 7070: 7066: 7065: 7063: 7062: 7057: 7051: 7049: 7042: 7038: 7037: 7030: 7028: 7025: 7024: 7022: 7021: 7016: 7011: 7006: 7001: 6996: 6991: 6986: 6981: 6976: 6971: 6966: 6960: 6958: 6946: 6945: 6943: 6942: 6937: 6935:Ogliuga Island 6932: 6927: 6922: 6917: 6912: 6910:Annette Island 6906: 6904: 6900: 6899: 6897: 6896: 6891: 6886: 6881: 6876: 6871: 6866: 6861: 6855: 6853: 6846: 6842: 6841: 6838: 6835: 6834: 6815: 6814: 6807: 6800: 6792: 6783: 6782: 6780: 6779: 6774: 6769: 6764: 6759: 6754: 6749: 6744: 6739: 6733: 6731: 6727: 6726: 6724: 6723: 6718: 6713: 6708: 6703: 6698: 6688: 6678: 6673: 6667: 6665: 6661: 6660: 6653: 6651: 6649: 6648: 6643: 6638: 6633: 6627: 6625: 6619: 6618: 6606: 6605: 6598: 6591: 6583: 6574: 6573: 6571: 6570: 6557: 6554: 6553: 6551: 6550: 6545: 6540: 6535: 6530: 6521: 6516: 6511: 6506: 6501: 6496: 6491: 6489:Airman's Creed 6486: 6484:Air Force Band 6481: 6474: 6468:Army Air Corps 6449: 6443: 6441: 6435: 6434: 6432: 6431: 6426: 6421: 6416: 6411: 6405: 6403: 6397: 6396: 6394: 6393: 6388: 6383: 6378: 6376:Basic Training 6373: 6368: 6363: 6356: 6355: 6350: 6345: 6340: 6335: 6330: 6325: 6320: 6318:Specialty Code 6315: 6314: 6313: 6308: 6303: 6295: 6289: 6287: 6281: 6280: 6277: 6276: 6274: 6273: 6264: 6263: 6262: 6257: 6247: 6246: 6245: 6235: 6234: 6233: 6222: 6219: 6218: 6216: 6215: 6210: 6205: 6200: 6195: 6190: 6185: 6180: 6175: 6170: 6165: 6160: 6155: 6150: 6145: 6140: 6135: 6130: 6124: 6122: 6116: 6115: 6113: 6112: 6110:USAFE–AFAFRICA 6107: 6102: 6097: 6092: 6087: 6082: 6077: 6072: 6066: 6064: 6062:Major commands 6058: 6057: 6055: 6054: 6049: 6044: 6038: 6036: 6032: 6031: 6029: 6028: 6023: 6018: 6013: 6007: 6005: 5998: 5992: 5991: 5984: 5982: 5980: 5979: 5978: 5977: 5972: 5962: 5961: 5960: 5955: 5945: 5944: 5943: 5938: 5933: 5928: 5920: 5915: 5914: 5913: 5908: 5903: 5898: 5896:Chief of Staff 5888: 5887: 5886: 5881: 5870: 5868: 5864: 5863: 5856: 5855: 5848: 5841: 5833: 5827: 5826: 5821: 5816: 5811: 5806: 5801: 5796: 5784: 5779: 5767: 5760: 5759:External links 5757: 5756: 5755: 5742: 5725: 5696: 5678: 5657: 5639: 5612: 5609: 5607: 5606: 5584: 5562: 5555: 5537: 5511: 5497: 5483: 5465: 5447: 5432: 5431: 5430: 5424: 5423: 5413: 5412: 5411: 5410: 5405: 5402: 5401: 5400: 5390: 5385: 5378: 5375: 5372: 5371: 5368: 5363: 5360: 5351: 5343: 5342: 5340: 5336: 5335: 5332: 5329: 5328:11 August 2022 5326: 5323:David S. Nahom 5317: 5309: 5308: 5306: 5302: 5301: 5298: 5297:11 August 2022 5295: 5292: 5289:David A. Krumm 5283: 5275: 5274: 5272: 5268: 5267: 5264: 5261: 5260:24 August 2018 5258: 5249: 5241: 5240: 5238: 5234: 5233: 5230: 5229:24 August 2018 5227: 5226:16 August 2016 5224: 5215: 5207: 5206: 5204: 5200: 5199: 5196: 5195:16 August 2016 5193: 5190: 5181: 5173: 5172: 5170: 5166: 5165: 5162: 5159: 5156: 5147: 5139: 5138: 5136: 5132: 5131: 5128: 5125: 5122: 5119:Dana T. Atkins 5113: 5105: 5104: 5102: 5098: 5097: 5094: 5091: 5088: 5079: 5071: 5070: 5068: 5064: 5063: 5060: 5057: 5054: 5045: 5037: 5036: 5034: 5030: 5029: 5026: 5023: 5020: 5011: 5003: 5002: 5000: 4996: 4995: 4992: 4989: 4988:3 October 1998 4986: 4983:Thomas R. Case 4977: 4969: 4968: 4966: 4962: 4961: 4958: 4957:3 October 1998 4955: 4952: 4937: 4929: 4928: 4926: 4922: 4921: 4918: 4915: 4912: 4903: 4895: 4894: 4892: 4888: 4887: 4884: 4881: 4880:21 August 1996 4878: 4869: 4861: 4860: 4858: 4854: 4853: 4850: 4849:21 August 1996 4847: 4844: 4835: 4827: 4826: 4824: 4820: 4819: 4816: 4813: 4810: 4801: 4793: 4792: 4790: 4786: 4785: 4782: 4779: 4776: 4767: 4759: 4758: 4756: 4752: 4751: 4748: 4745: 4742: 4739: 4735: 4734: 4731: 4728: 4719: 4716: 4715: 4714: 4697: 4663: 4660: 4659: 4658: 4651: 4640: 4630: 4612: 4599: 4578: 4555: 4554: 4549: 4544: 4539: 4533: 4520: 4519: 4518: 4516: 4513: 4511: 4510: 4509: 4508: 4502: 4498: 4497: 4490: 4489: 4488: 4487: 4486: 4485: 4476: 4475: 4474: 4467: 4466: 4456: 4455: 4451: 4450: 4449: 4448: 4445: 4437:Deployed from 4434: 4433: 4426: 4425: 4424: 4423: 4420: 4413: 4412: 4405: 4404: 4403: 4402: 4399: 4392:Deployed from 4389: 4388: 4381: 4380: 4379: 4378: 4377: 4376: 4370: 4367: 4364: 4361: 4360: 4359: 4356: 4342: 4341: 4340: 4327: 4326: 4319: 4318: 4317: 4316: 4313: 4312: 4311: 4306:Detachment at 4304: 4298: 4295: 4294: 4293: 4280: 4279: 4272: 4271: 4270: 4269: 4266: 4260: 4257: 4254: 4251: 4242: 4236: 4229: 4228: 4221: 4220: 4219: 4218: 4215: 4212: 4203: 4197: 4191: 4187: 4186: 4178: 4174: 4173: 4172: 4171: 4170: 4169: 4154: 4153: 4146: 4145: 4144: 4143: 4142: 4141: 4140: 4139: 4133: 4117: 4116: 4109: 4108: 4107: 4106: 4100: 4097: 4096: 4095: 4090:Operated from 4085: 4084: 4083: 4080: 4071: 4064: 4063: 4056: 4055: 4054: 4053: 4050: 4047: 4046: 4045: 4032: 4031: 4024: 4023: 4022: 4021: 4018: 4017: 4016: 4010: 4007: 4006: 4005: 3996: 3995: 3994: 3985: 3984: 3983: 3980: 3964: 3963: 3962: 3959: 3950: 3949: 3948:(Heavy) (B-24) 3942: 3941: 3940: 3939: 3938: 3937: 3931: 3930: 3929: 3923: 3913: 3912: 3901: 3900: 3898: 3895: 3890: 3889: 3885: 3884: 3881: 3875: 3872: 3869: 3866: 3862: 3861: 3854: 3853: 3852: 3849: 3846: 3842: 3841: 3831: 3830: 3828: 3825: 3824: 3823: 3813: 3812: 3808: 3807: 3804: 3798: 3797: 3796: 3793: 3786: 3783: 3782:, 8 March 1942 3773: 3772: 3765: 3764: 3763: 3760: 3757: 3754: 3748: 3747: 3746: 3743: 3740: 3734: 3733: 3723: 3721: 3718: 3716: 3713: 3711: 3708: 3703: 3702: 3698: 3697: 3686: 3679: 3678: 3632: 3631: 3606: 3599: 3598: 3552: 3551: 3546: 3545: 3499: 3498: 3480: 3473: 3472: 3426: 3425: 3417: 3410: 3409: 3363: 3362: 3343: 3336: 3335: 3289: 3288: 3278: 3271: 3270: 3224: 3223: 3208: 3201: 3200: 3154: 3153: 3137: 3136: 3089: 3088: 3087: 3068: 3064: 3063: 3017: 3016: 3013: 3006: 3005: 2959: 2958: 2955: 2948: 2947: 2905:Juneau Airport 2901: 2900: 2885: 2875: 2874: 2828: 2827: 2820: 2813: 2812: 2770:Galena Airport 2766: 2765: 2762: 2755: 2754: 2708: 2707: 2695: 2688: 2687: 2641: 2640: 2626: 2619: 2618: 2572: 2571: 2564:Bethel Airport 2548: 2541: 2540: 2494: 2493: 2482: 2476:Annette Island 2472: 2471: 2421: 2420: 2418: 2415: 2410: 2409: 2405: 2404: 2397: 2390: 2389: 2343: 2342: 2335: 2328: 2327: 2281: 2280: 2270: 2269: 2226: 2225: 2218: 2217: 2208:Fort Glenn 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