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hreflang="fy" data-title="Loftmachtbasis Eielson" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%BC%EC%8A%A8_%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0%EA%B8%B0%EC%A7%80" title="아일슨 공군기지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아일슨 공군기지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eielson_Air_Force_Base" title="Eielson Air Force Base – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eielson Air Force Base" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Eielson Air Force Base</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="label">Near <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairbanks">Fairbanks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F-16C_86-270_18th_Aggressor_Squadron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 18th Aggressor Squadron flies over Eielson AFB in 2009. The base's largest hangar, known as the "Thunderdome," is visible in the bottom left of the image." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/F-16C_86-270_18th_Aggressor_Squadron.jpg/250px-F-16C_86-270_18th_Aggressor_Squadron.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/F-16C_86-270_18th_Aggressor_Squadron.jpg/375px-F-16C_86-270_18th_Aggressor_Squadron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/F-16C_86-270_18th_Aggressor_Squadron.jpg/500px-F-16C_86-270_18th_Aggressor_Squadron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1130" data-file-height="750" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">An <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> from the <a href="/wiki/18th_Aggressor_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Aggressor Squadron">18th Aggressor Squadron</a> flies over Eielson AFB during 2009. The base's largest hangar, known as the "Thunderdome," is visible in the bottom left of the image.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pacific_Air_Forces.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pacific_Air_Forces.png/100px-Pacific_Air_Forces.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pacific_Air_Forces.png/150px-Pacific_Air_Forces.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pacific_Air_Forces.png/200px-Pacific_Air_Forces.png 2x" data-file-width="2341" data-file-height="2321" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&params=64_39_56_N_147_06_05_W_region:US-AK"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">64°39′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">147°06′05″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">64.66556°N 147.10139°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">64.66556; -147.10139</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">US Air Force Base</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">US Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a> (PACAF)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">Operational</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eielson.af.mil/">www<wbr />.eielson<wbr />.af<wbr />.mil</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2722822#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1943<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1943</span>)</span> (as Mile 26 Satellite Field, redesignated 1948 as Eielson AFB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1943 – present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a> Paul P. Townsend<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Garrison</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th Fighter Wing</a> (host)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Identifiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Air Transport Association airport code">IATA</a>: EIL, <a href="/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Civil Aviation Organization airport code">ICAO</a>: PAEI, <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier#FAA_identifier" title="Location identifier">FAA LID</a>: EIL, <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier#WMO_station_identifiers" title="Location identifier">WMO</a>: 702650</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">167 metres (548 ft) <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">14/32</td> <td style="text-align: left;">4,428.7 metres (14,530 ft) <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">concrete</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: left; background-color: #eee"><b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eielson Air Force Base</b> (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>EIL</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>PAEI</b>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier" title="Location identifier">LID</a>: <b>EIL</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) base located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks,_Alaska" title="Fairbanks, Alaska">Fairbanks, Alaska</a>, and just southeast of <a href="/wiki/Moose_Creek,_Alaska" title="Moose Creek, Alaska">Moose Creek, Alaska</a>. It was established in 1943 as <b>Mile 26 Satellite Field</b> and redesignated Eielson Air Force Base on 13 January 1948. It has been a <a href="/wiki/Superfund" title="Superfund">Superfund</a> site since 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eielson AFB was named in honor of polar pilot <a href="/wiki/Carl_Ben_Eielson" title="Carl Ben Eielson">Carl Ben Eielson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its host unit is the <a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th Fighter Wing</a> (354 FW) assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh Air Force</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a>. The 354 FW's primary mission is to support <a href="/wiki/Red_Flag_%E2%80%93_Alaska" title="Red Flag – Alaska">RED FLAG-Alaska</a>, a series of <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a> commander–directed field training exercises for U.S. Forces, joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close-air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. These exercises are conducted on the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex (JPARC) with air operations flown out of Eielson and its sister installation, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Elmendorf%E2%80%93Richardson" title="Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson">Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson</a> (the former <a href="/wiki/Elmendorf_Air_Force_Base" title="Elmendorf Air Force Base">Elmendorf Air Force Base</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eielson projects to have 54 <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II</a> combat aircraft assigned to the installation, of which the first two aircraft arrived on 21 April 2020. The last of the aircraft arrived in April 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-54f35s_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54f35s-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The planes come with an estimated 3,500 personnel, to include airmen and their families as well as civilian personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The F-35 program increases the number of military personnel at Eielson by approximately 50%, which is a significant change for a base once on the brink of closure.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:25milefield1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/25milefield1945.jpg/220px-25milefield1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/25milefield1945.jpg/330px-25milefield1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/25milefield1945.jpg/440px-25milefield1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="592" data-file-height="485" /></a><figcaption>Mile 26 Satellite Field (now Eielson AFB), 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>On 7 June 1943, the <a href="/wiki/Western_Defense_Command" title="Western Defense Command">Western Defense Command</a> ordered construction of a new airfield near present-day <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wainwright" title="Fort Wainwright">Fort Wainwright</a>, then a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> (USAAF) airfield named after Major <a href="/wiki/Arthur_K._Ladd" title="Arthur K. Ladd">Arthur K. Ladd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of its hazard-free approaches and relatively flat terrain, surveyor reports indicated a site a little more than 25 miles southeast of <a href="/wiki/Ladd_Army_Airfield" title="Ladd Army Airfield">Ladd Army Airfield</a> to be the best in the vicinity for military aviation. The field became known as "Mile 26" because of its proximity to a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Signal_Corps" title="United States Army Signal Corps">United States Army Signal Corps</a> telegraph station and a <a href="/wiki/Richardson_Highway" title="Richardson Highway">Richardson Highway</a> milepost marker using the same designation. </p><p>A month later, contractors and civilian crews from Ladd Field started laying out the new airfield. Actual construction began on 25 August 1943. Crews built two parallel runways, 165 feet (50 m) across and 6,625 feet (2,019 m) long. Other facilities included an operations building, housing for 108 officer and 330 enlisted personnel, and a ten-bed dispensary. The garrison and airfield totaled about 600 acres (2.4 km<sup>2</sup>). Completed on 17 October 1944, the 14-month project cost about eight-million dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Operational uses of Mile 26 were few. Ladd Field served as the debarkation point for the <a href="/wiki/ALSIB" title="ALSIB">Alaska-Siberia Ferry Route</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lend-Lease" title="Lend-Lease">Lend-Lease</a> program and was the hub of activity. Lend-lease aircraft would occasionally land at Mile 26, but there are no records indicating any lend-lease aircraft used the airfield to depart for the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Mile 26 closed when the war ended. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The base reopened in September 1946, once again as a satellite of Ladd Field. The first USAAF operational unit assigned to Eielson was the <a href="/wiki/57th_Wing" title="57th Wing">57th Fighter Group</a>, equipped successively with <a href="/wiki/P-38_Lightning" class="mw-redirect" title="P-38 Lightning">P-38 Lightnings</a>, <a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P/F-51 Mustangs</a>, <a href="/wiki/P-80_Shooting_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="P-80 Shooting Star">F-80 Shooting Stars</a>, and <a href="/wiki/F-94_Starfire" class="mw-redirect" title="F-94 Starfire">F-94 Starfire</a> aircraft. The 57th FG was inactivated on 13 April 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 December 1947 <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> <a href="/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 Superfortress</a> bombers arrived at <b>Mile 26 Field</b> with the deployment of the <a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Salina_Regional_Airport" title="Salina Regional Airport">Smoky Hill Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. The wing reported to <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC), although the Yukon Sector of the <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Air_Command" title="Alaskan Air Command">Alaskan Air Command</a> controlled its operations. At the end of the Alaskan deployment the wing returned to Kansas on 12 March 1948. </p><p>A year later Eielson moved from under the shadow of Ladd Field when the Alaskan Air Command assumed organizational control. Also in the fall of 1947, Colonel Jerome B. McCauley assumed duties as commander. The primary missions of Mile 26 were to support Arctic training for USAF tactical and strategic units, as well as defend the base itself. </p><p>Headquarters USAF General Order 2, dated 13 January 1948, redesignated Mile 26 as Eielson Air Force Base. It was named for <a href="/wiki/Carl_Ben_Eielson" title="Carl Ben Eielson">Carl Ben Eielson</a>, an Alaska aviation pioneer who was killed, along with his mechanic Earl Borland, in the crash of their <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_H-47" title="Hamilton H-47">Hamilton H-45</a> aircraft in 1929. Eielson and Borland were attempting a rescue flight to an icebound ship in the <a href="/wiki/Bering_Sea" title="Bering Sea">Bering Sea</a> when they were killed. On 1 April 1948, the Eielson Air Force Base Wing (Base Complement) was formed. The host-unit subsequently would be dubbed the Eielson Air force Base Bomb Wing, and finally, in January 1949, the <a href="/wiki/5010th_Combat_Support_Group" title="5010th Combat Support Group">5010th Wing</a>. Colonel John L. Nedwed, the third commander of the base since it fell under Alaskan Air Command fifteen months before, became the first to head the 5010th.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:120124-F-KS512-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ptarmigan Hall in 1962, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/120124-F-KS512-001.jpg/220px-120124-F-KS512-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/120124-F-KS512-001.jpg/330px-120124-F-KS512-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/120124-F-KS512-001.jpg/440px-120124-F-KS512-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1737" /></a><figcaption>Ptarmigan Hall in 1962, later renamed to Amber Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>For the next 34 years, the 5010th (alternately known as the Wing, Composite Wing, Air Base Wing, and lastly, Combat Support Group) served as host-unit at Eielson. Construction boomed at Eielson during the 1950s. Many of the facilities used today were built at that time, including Amber Hall, the Thunderdome, <a href="/wiki/Base_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Base Exchange">Base Exchange</a>, Gymnasium, Theater, some of the schools, and many of the dormitories.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eielson_AFB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The flight line and Thunderdome hangar building at Eielson Air Force Base" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Eielson_AFB.jpg/220px-Eielson_AFB.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Eielson_AFB.jpg/330px-Eielson_AFB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Eielson_AFB.jpg/440px-Eielson_AFB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="619" data-file-height="416" /></a><figcaption>The flight line and Thunderdome hangar building at Eielson</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/720th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="720th Bombardment Squadron">720th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a>, equipped with <a href="/wiki/F-86_Sabre" class="mw-redirect" title="F-86 Sabre">F-86 Sabres</a>, was deployed to Eielson during 1954–55. The 720th was a part of the <a href="/wiki/450th_Bombardment_Wing" title="450th Bombardment Wing">450th Fighter-Bomber Wing</a> stationed at <a href="/wiki/Foster_Air_Force_Base" title="Foster Air Force Base">Foster Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The 720th was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/455th_Flying_Training_Squadron" title="455th Flying Training Squadron">455th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a> (323d FBW), stationed at <a href="/wiki/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Bunker Hill Air Force Base</a>, Indiana.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> deployed interceptors to Eielson during the 1960s. Det. 3, <a href="/wiki/317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a> from Elmendorf Air Force Base deployed <a href="/wiki/F-102_Delta_Dagger" class="mw-redirect" title="F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102 Delta Daggers</a> and <a href="/wiki/F-106_Delta_Dart" class="mw-redirect" title="F-106 Delta Dart">F-106 Delta Darts</a> to the base between 1960 and 1969. </p><p>During the height of the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a> of October 1962, Eielson-based <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a> pilot Charles Maultsby was allegedly blinded by the <a href="/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora">aurora borealis</a> while collecting radiation from Soviet nuclear weapons tests over the <a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a> and accidentally strayed 300 miles (480 km) into Soviet airspace, into <a href="/wiki/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Chukotka Autonomous Okrug">Chukotka</a>. Soviet <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan" title="Mikoyan">MiG</a> interceptors were sent to intercept the plane before he was escorted back to U.S. territory by nuclear-armed F-102 interceptors.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> saw the use of Eielson's expansive reservation as a maneuver area for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a>. The 1960s <a href="/wiki/171st_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)" title="171st Infantry Brigade (United States)">171st Infantry Brigade</a> (Separate) and <a href="/wiki/172nd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)" title="172nd Infantry Brigade (United States)">172nd Infantry Brigade</a> (Separate) both trained here, both on a regular and extensive basis, not to mention units of the <a href="/wiki/Alaska_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska National Guard">Alaska National Guard</a>. Later in the 70s mid 80s the 172nd Infantry Brigade (the 171st Infantry Brigade was inactivated on 13 November 1972), followed by the 6th Infantry Division when the 172nd Infantry Brigade itself was deactivated on 15 April 1986 (it was reactivated in Alaska on 17 April 1998, and inactivated in Iraq on 14 December 2006) </p><p>Today the <a href="/wiki/1st_Brigade,_25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (United States)">1st Brigade 25th Infantry Division</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">4th Brigade 25th Infantry Division</a> can be found training there.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several important large scale winter field problems have been conducted here over the years as well, seeing large numbers of U.S. Army ground combat units from the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">Contiguous United States</a> lower 48 states, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> units, and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a> troops. </p><p><b>375th/58th Strategic Weather Squadron</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/58th_Strategic_Weather_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="58th Strategic Weather Squadron">58th Strategic Weather Squadron</a></div> <p>The 375th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, from the <a href="/wiki/308th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="308th Bombardment Group">308th Bombardment Group</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tinker_Air_Force_Base" title="Tinker Air Force Base">Tinker Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>, arrived at Eielson on 5 March 1949. The 308th flew <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants#WB-29" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">WB-29 Superfortresses</a>. The unit was redesignated the 58th Strategic Weather Squadron on 21 February 1951 as part of the <a href="/wiki/303d_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Aeronautical Systems Wing">303d Bombardment Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>. </p><p>The 58th Weather Squadron remained at Eielson until 8 August 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>6th Strategic Wing</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/6th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Strategic Wing">6th Strategic Wing</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rc-135eielson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Rc-135eielson.jpg/220px-Rc-135eielson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Rc-135eielson.jpg/330px-Rc-135eielson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Rc-135eielson.jpg/440px-Rc-135eielson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>A SAC <a href="/wiki/RC-135" class="mw-redirect" title="RC-135">RC-135</a> Recon Aircraft of the 6th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 1960, the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC) stationed the <a href="/wiki/4157th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4157th Strategic Wing">4157th Combat Support Group (later Strategic Wing)</a> at Eielson. The <b><a href="/wiki/6th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Strategic Wing">6th Strategic Wing</a></b> (6 SW) replaced the 4157 SW on 25 March 1967, relocating from <a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> after its closure. </p><p>The 6th SW flew <a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">RC–135</a> strategic reconnaissance missions with an assigned squadron, and, with <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC–135 Stratotankers</a> deployed to Eielson from SAC, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> (AFRC), and the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> (ANG), conducted Alaska <a href="/wiki/Tanker_Task_Force" title="Tanker Task Force">Tanker Task Force</a> (ATTF) missions to support reconnaissance and numerous exercises for the USAF and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 6th SW remained at Eielson AFB until 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>343d Composite Wing</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/343d_Composite_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="343d Composite Wing">343d Composite Wing</a></div> <p>A new chapter for the base began 1 October 1981 when the <a href="/wiki/343d_Wing" title="343d Wing">343d Composite Wing</a> replaced the 5010th as Eielson's host unit. Flying squadrons assigned to the new wing included the <a href="/wiki/25th_Air_Support_Operations_Squadron" title="25th Air Support Operations Squadron">25th Tactical Air Support Squadron</a> (TASS) and the <a href="/wiki/18th_Aggressor_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Aggressor Squadron">18th Fighter Squadron</a> (18 FS). The 25 TASS, at Eielson since 1971, flew <a href="/wiki/O-2_Skymaster" class="mw-redirect" title="O-2 Skymaster">O-2 Skymaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/OV-10_Bronco" class="mw-redirect" title="OV-10 Bronco">OV-10 Bronco</a> aircraft until its inactivation in 1989; the newly assigned 18 FS operated <a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10 Thunderbolt IIs</a> until it converted to <a href="/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcons</a> in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, the 343d Composite Wing was redesignated a Tactical Fighter Wing. Seven years later, in 1991, it was redesignated as the 343d Wing. Also that year, the 343d gained a second flying unit, the 11th Tactical Air Support Squadron (11 TASS), which flew <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II#Variants" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">OA-10</a> aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="354th_Fighter_Wing">354th Fighter Wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 354th Fighter Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th Fighter Wing</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/354th_Operations_Group" title="354th Operations Group">354th Operations Group</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg/220px-354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg/330px-354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg/440px-354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>354th Fighter Wing Headquarters building</figcaption></figure> <p>On 20 August 1993, the 354 FW replaced the 343d Wing. No personnel or equipment were affected by the change. Prior to its shutdown, the 343d was the oldest surviving air combat unit in Alaska with a lineage dating back to the <a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_campaign" title="Aleutian Islands campaign">Aleutian Campaign</a>. The 18 FS, whose history also dated back to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, remained active, but the 355 FS replaced the 11th TASS.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another change involved the 3rd Fighter Training Squadron, which was replaced by the 353rd Fighter Squadron (later redesignated as a Combat Training Squadron). </p><p>Within the first year of its arrival the 354 FW hosted an Arctic <a href="/wiki/Combat_search_and_rescue" title="Combat search and rescue">combat search and rescue</a> exercise between the United States, Canada, and Russia. Ironically, these were the same countries that took part in the search and recovery efforts that followed the fatal crash of Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic, Earl Borland, in 1930 as they were attempting to fly relief supplies to the <i><a href="/wiki/Nanuk_(ship)" title="Nanuk (ship)">Nanuk</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 343d FW <a href="/wiki/3d_Flying_Training_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Flying Training Squadron">3d Fighter Training Squadron</a> was replaced by the 353d Fighter Training Squadron from the 354th FW. The 3d Fighter Training Squadron had its origins with the 3d Tactical Fighter Squadron at <a href="/wiki/Korat_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base" title="Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base">Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base</a>, Thailand, being formed in March 1973. The 3d TFS received its <a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">A-7D Corsair II</a> aircraft from the then deployed 353d Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, deployed to Korat from <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_Air_Force_Base" title="Myrtle Beach Air Force Base">Myrtle Beach Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_and_operations">Role and operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Role and operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eielson-afb-hursey-gate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Eielson-afb-hursey-gate.jpg/220px-Eielson-afb-hursey-gate.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Eielson-afb-hursey-gate.jpg/330px-Eielson-afb-hursey-gate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Eielson-afb-hursey-gate.jpg/440px-Eielson-afb-hursey-gate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="670" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>Hursey Gate at Eielson, the primary access point to and from the base. A partial interchange was built on the <a href="/wiki/Richardson_Highway" title="Richardson Highway">Richardson Highway</a> in conjunction with the relocation and rebuilding of the gate.</figcaption></figure> <p>Eielson is home to the <a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th Fighter Wing</a> which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh Air Force</a> (11 AF) of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a>. The 354th Fighter Wing mission is to "Prepare U.S. and partner forces for 21st century combat and to project and integrate Airpower in support of worldwide operations." The wing vision is "An elite team of pioneering Airmen forging Airpower's frontier through world-class training, engagement, and readiness for 21st century combat." The wing has six priorities, which are: "Strong Airmen and Families, Resilient Airfield and Infrastructure, Preparation for 2 x F-35 Combat Squadrons, Premier Joint/Air Exercises and Adversary Support, Synchronized Airpower into Army I Corps Ops, and OPLAN-Focused Readiness." </p><p>Airmen who are stationed on Eielson commonly refer to themselves as "Icemen" due to the frigid Alaskan weather. Their wing motto is: "Ready to go at fifty below!"<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/356th_Fighter_Squadron" title="356th Fighter Squadron">356th Fighter Squadron</a> was reactivated on 10 October 2019 at Eielson Air Force Base, assigned to the 354th Operations Group. It is to be equipped with the <a href="/wiki/F-35A_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35A Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_names">Previous names</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Previous names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Established as Mile 26 Satellite Field (of <a href="/wiki/Ladd_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladd Air Force Base">Ladd Air Force Base</a>) about 15 December 1943</li> <li>Mile 26 Field, 1 October 1947</li> <li>Eielson Air Force Base, 13 January 1948–present</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ready_to_go_at_50_below.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Ready_to_go_at_50_below.jpg/220px-Ready_to_go_at_50_below.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Ready_to_go_at_50_below.jpg/330px-Ready_to_go_at_50_below.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Ready_to_go_at_50_below.jpg/440px-Ready_to_go_at_50_below.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1001" /></a><figcaption>Eielson's tower and base operations, along with much of Alaska, is under snow for about six months out of the year.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_commands">Major commands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Army Air Forces Transport Command (June 1943 – November 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh Air Force</a> (November–December 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Air_Command" title="Alaskan Air Command">Alaskan Air Command</a> (December 1945 – August 1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a> (August 1990–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Base_operating_units">Base operating units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Base operating units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Stn No. 4, Alaskan Wg (AAFTC) (September 1943 – August 1944)</li> <li>1466th Army Air Force Base Unit (August 1944 – January 1945)</li> <li>Satellite Fld 1466-1 Army Air Force Base Unit (January–June 1945)</li> <li>HQ and Base Service Sq, 519th Air Service Group (November–December 1947)</li> <li>97th Airdrome Group (December 1947 – April 1948)</li> <li>Eielson AFB Wing (Base Complement) (April–September 1948)</li> <li>Eielson Bomb Wing (September 1948 – June 1949)</li> <li>5010th Composite Wing (June 1949 – January 1951)</li> <li>5010th Air Base Group (January 1951 – February 1953)</li> <li>5010th Composite Wing (February 1953 – October 1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5010th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="5010th Air Base Wing">5010th Air Base Wing</a> (October 1954 – January 1965)</li> <li>5010th Combat Support Gp (January 1965 – October 1981)</li> <li>343d Tactical Fighter Wing (October 1981 – July 1991)</li> <li>343d Wing (July 1991 – August 1993)</li> <li>354th Fighter Wing (August 1993–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_units_assigned">Major units assigned</h3><span 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class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Strategic Wing">6th Strategic Wing</a> (March 1967 – June 1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="97th Bombardment Wing">97th Bombardment Wing</a> (December 1947 – March 1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/343d_Tactical_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="343d Tactical Fighter Wing">343d Tactical Fighter Wing</a> (October 1981 – August 1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th Fighter Wing</a> (August 1993–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4157th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4157th Strategic Wing">4157th Strategic Wing</a> (July 1960 – March 1967)</li> <li>5010th Air Base Wing (April 1948 – October 1981)</li> <li>168th Air Refueling Wing (Alaska ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="57th Fighter Group">57th Fighter Group</a> (September 1946 – April 1953)</li> <li>5010th Combat Support Group</li> <li>11th Tactical Air Support Squadron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Fighter Squadron">18th Fighter (later Aggressor) Squadron</a></li> <li>25th Tactical Air Support Squadron</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_KC-135R_Stratotanker_of_the_168th_ARS_refuels_Fairchild_A-10_Thunderbolt_IIs_from_the_355th_FS_over_Alaska_(USA),_29_May_2007_(070529-F-4192W-881).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Boeing_KC-135R_Stratotanker_of_the_168th_ARS_refuels_Fairchild_A-10_Thunderbolt_IIs_from_the_355th_FS_over_Alaska_%28USA%29%2C_29_May_2007_%28070529-F-4192W-881%29.jpg/440px-Boeing_KC-135R_Stratotanker_of_the_168th_ARS_refuels_Fairchild_A-10_Thunderbolt_IIs_from_the_355th_FS_over_Alaska_%28USA%29%2C_29_May_2007_%28070529-F-4192W-881%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2073" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10 Thunderbolt II</a> is refueled mid-air by a <a href="/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135 Stratotanker</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Air_National_Guard" title="Alaska Air National Guard">Alaska Air National Guard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/168th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="168th Air Refueling Wing">168th Air Refueling Wing</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="40th Air Refueling Squadron">40th Air Refueling Squadron</a></li> <li>55th Weather Recon Squadron Det 1</li> <li>58th Weather Recon Squadron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="65th Fighter Squadron">65th Fighter Squadron</a></li> <li>71st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron Det 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a> Det 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Squadron" title="355th Fighter Squadron">355th Fighter Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/375th_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="375th Reconnaissance Squadron">375th Reconnaissance Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="455th Fighter-Bomber Squadron">455th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/720th_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="720th Fighter-Bomber Squadron">720th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a></li> <li>5040th Helicopter Squadron Det 1</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10 Thunderbolt II</a> (1981–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29/RB-29/WB-29</a> (1949–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WB-47_Stratojet" class="mw-redirect" title="WB-47 Stratojet">WB-47 Stratojet</a> (1960–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WB-50_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="WB-50 Superfortress">WB-50 Superfortress</a> (1960–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-47_Skytrain" class="mw-redirect" title="C-47 Skytrain">VC/SC/C-47 Skytrain</a> (1949–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-123_Provider" class="mw-redirect" title="C-123 Provider">C-123 Provider</a> (1965–66, 1969–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-4_Phantom_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-4 Phantom II">F-4 Phantom II</a> Det DC (1970–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> (1991 – present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-80_Shooting_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="P-80 Shooting Star">P-80 Shooting Star</a> (1950–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-86_Sabre" class="mw-redirect" title="F-86 Sabre">F-86 Sabre</a> (1954–55)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-102_Delta_Dagger" class="mw-redirect" title="F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102 Delta Dagger</a> (1960–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">U-2 Dragon Lady</a> (1962–1964)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F-106_Delta_Dart" class="mw-redirect" title="F-106 Delta Dart">F-106 Delta Dart</a> (1965–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HH-3E_Jolly_Green_Giant" class="mw-redirect" title="HH-3E Jolly Green Giant">HH-3E Jolly Green Giant</a> (1970–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piasecki_H-21" title="Piasecki H-21">Piasecki CH/SH/HH-21</a> (1960–1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KC-97_Stratofreighter" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97 Stratofreighter</a> (1959–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135 Stratotanker</a> (1967–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver">de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver</a> (1952–60)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O-2_Skymaster" class="mw-redirect" title="O-2 Skymaster">O-2 Skymaster</a> (1971–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV-10_Bronco" class="mw-redirect" title="OV-10 Bronco">OV-10 Bronco</a> (1986–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustang</a> (1946–47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135</a> (1962–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-33_Shooting_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="T-33 Shooting Star">T-33 Shooting Star</a> (1950–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-38_Lightning" class="mw-redirect" title="P-38 Lightning">P-38 Lightning</a> (1946–1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a> (2020–Present)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Based_units">Based units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Based units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flying and notable non-flying units based at Eielson Air Force Base.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Units marked "GSU" are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Eielson, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Air_Force">United States Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United States Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th Fighter Wing</a> (host wing) <ul><li>Headquarters 354th Fighter Wing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Operations_Group" title="354th Operations Group">354th Operations Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/18th_Aggressor_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Aggressor Squadron">18th Aggressor Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_variants" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants">F-16C/D Fighting Falcon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/353rd_Combat_Training_Squadron" title="353rd Combat Training Squadron">353rd Combat Training Squadron</a></li> <li>354th Operations Support Squadron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Squadron" title="355th Fighter Squadron">355th Fighter Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/356th_Fighter_Squadron" title="356th Fighter Squadron">356th Fighter Squadron</a> – F-35A Lightning II</li></ul></li> <li>354th Maintenance Group <ul><li>354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron</li> <li>354th Maintenance Squadron</li> <li>354th Munitions Squadron</li> <li>Air Force Engineering and Technical Services</li></ul></li> <li>354th Medical Group <ul><li>354th Medical Operations Squadron</li> <li>354th Medical Support Squadron</li></ul></li> <li>354th Mission Support Group <ul><li>354th Civil Engineer Squadron</li> <li>354th Communications Squadron</li> <li>354th Contracting Squadron</li> <li>354th Force Support Squadron</li> <li>354th Logistics Readiness Squadron</li> <li>354th Security Forces Squadron</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Air Education and Training Command</a></b> <b>(AETC)</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/58th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="58th Special Operations Wing">58th Special Operations Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/336th_Training_Group" title="336th Training Group">336th Training Group</a> <ul><li>66th Training Squadron <ul><li>Detachment 1 – Arctic Survival School (GSU)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82nd_Training_Wing" title="82nd Training Wing">82nd Training Wing</a> <ul><li>982nd Training Group <ul><li>372nd Training Squadron <ul><li>Detachment 25 (GSU)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Air_National_Guard" title="Alaska Air National Guard">Alaska Air National Guard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/168th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="168th Air Refueling Wing">168th Air Refueling Wing</a> <ul><li>Headquarters 168th Air Refueling Wing</li> <li>168th Operations Group <ul><li><a href="/wiki/168th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="168th Air Refueling Squadron">168th Air Refueling Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135R Stratotanker</a></li> <li>168th Operations Support Flight</li></ul></li> <li>168th Maintenance Group <ul><li>168th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron</li> <li>168th Maintenance Squadron</li> <li>168th Maintenance Operations Flight</li></ul></li> <li>168th Mission Support Group <ul><li>168th Civil Engineers Squadron</li> <li>168th Communications Flight</li> <li>168th Logistics Readiness Squadron</li> <li>168th Mission Support Flight</li> <li>168th Security Forces Squadron</li> <li>268th Security Forces Squadron</li></ul></li> <li>168th Medical Group</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/176th_Wing" title="176th Wing">176th Wing</a> <ul><li>176th Operations Group <ul><li><a href="/wiki/210th_Rescue_Squadron" title="210th Rescue Squadron">210th Rescue Squadron</a> <ul><li>Detachment 1 (GSU) – <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_HH-60_Pave_Hawk" title="Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk">HH-60G Pave Hawk</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:210th_Rescue_Squadron_-_HH-60G_Red_Flag_Alaska.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/210th_Rescue_Squadron_-_HH-60G_Red_Flag_Alaska.jpg/220px-210th_Rescue_Squadron_-_HH-60G_Red_Flag_Alaska.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/210th_Rescue_Squadron_-_HH-60G_Red_Flag_Alaska.jpg/330px-210th_Rescue_Squadron_-_HH-60G_Red_Flag_Alaska.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/210th_Rescue_Squadron_-_HH-60G_Red_Flag_Alaska.jpg/440px-210th_Rescue_Squadron_-_HH-60G_Red_Flag_Alaska.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2445" data-file-height="1614" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/HH-60_Pavehawk" class="mw-redirect" title="HH-60 Pavehawk">HH-60 Pavehawk</a> from the <a href="/wiki/210th_Rescue_Squadron" title="210th Rescue Squadron">210th Rescue Squadron</a> Detachment 1, rescue simulated downed pilots during Red-Flag Alaska 09–2.</figcaption></figure>210th Rescue Squadron Detachment 1</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> (ACC)</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Technical_Applications_Center" title="Air Force Technical Applications Center">Air Force Technical Applications Center</a> <ul><li>Detachment 460 (GSU)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations" title="Air Force Office of Special Investigations">Air Force Office of Special Investigations</a></b> </p> <ul><li>Region 6 <ul><li>Detachment 632</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eielson’s_locomotives"><span id="Eielson.E2.80.99s_locomotives"></span>Eielson’s locomotives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Eielson’s locomotives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GP-40_Electromotive_Diesel_locomotive.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/GP-40_Electromotive_Diesel_locomotive.JPG/220px-GP-40_Electromotive_Diesel_locomotive.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/GP-40_Electromotive_Diesel_locomotive.JPG/330px-GP-40_Electromotive_Diesel_locomotive.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/GP-40_Electromotive_Diesel_locomotive.JPG/440px-GP-40_Electromotive_Diesel_locomotive.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2715" data-file-height="1848" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Air Force <a href="/wiki/EMD_GP40-2" title="EMD GP40-2">EMD GP40-2</a> locomotive sits outside Eielson's central heat and power plant. The base owns two of these locomotives, both moving coal and rail traffic across the 11 mi (18 km) rail system. Seen here is #4903.</figcaption></figure> <p>Eielson Air Force Base has several locomotives to transport coal in winter to the base's power station.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Microreactor">Microreactor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Microreactor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Department of the Air Force has selected Eielson Air Force Base for its first <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_microreactor" title="Nuclear microreactor">nuclear microreactor</a>. A National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessment will begin by 2024. Microreactor testing and demonstration of power and steam is expected by year-end 2027.<sup id="cite_ref-power-20230831_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-power-20230831-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nei-20231122_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nei-20231122-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environmental_problems">Environmental problems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Environmental problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eielson Air Force Base was proposed to be a <a href="/wiki/Superfund" title="Superfund">Superfund</a> site on 14 July 1989, and was officially designated as such on 21 November 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The groundwater contains lead and <a href="/wiki/Volatile_organic_compounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Volatile organic compounds">volatile organic compounds</a> (VOCs) like <a href="/wiki/Benzene" title="Benzene">benzene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xylene" title="Xylene">xylene</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Toluene" title="Toluene">toluene</a>. Several areas of underground petroleum-contaminated soil and floating petroleum product are the sources of continuing groundwater contamination. Ingesting or coming into direct contact with contaminated groundwater or soil can pose a potential health threat. <a href="/wiki/Polychlorinated_biphenyl" title="Polychlorinated biphenyl">Polychlorinated biphenyl</a> (PCB)-contaminated fish were also found in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction of the superfund site was complete in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-epa_progress_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epa_progress-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, Eielson tested waters and soils for <a href="/wiki/Perfluorinated_compounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Perfluorinated compounds">perfluorinated compounds</a> around areas where <a href="/wiki/Firefighting_foam#Class_B_foams" title="Firefighting foam">aqueous film forming foam</a> (AFFF) had been used for firefighting and training. In March 2015, the base changed its source of drinking water, because contamination had been found. In April 2015, wells near <a href="/wiki/Moose_Creek,_Alaska" title="Moose Creek, Alaska">Moose Creek, Alaska</a>, the community to the north, were tested and found contaminated.<sup id="cite_ref-fnm_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fnm-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2015, water from 132 Moose Creek wells, which serve more than 200 residences, was found to contain <a href="/wiki/Perfluorooctane_sulfonate" class="mw-redirect" title="Perfluorooctane sulfonate">perfluorooctane sulfonate</a> (PFOS) above the health advisory level of 0.2 micrograms per liter by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA). The highest reading in Moose Creek was 2.09 micrograms per liter, and the highest level on Eielson reached 2,000 micrograms per liter at the site of a KC-135 aircraft fire in 1989. The <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Department_of_Environmental_Conservation_v._EPA" title="Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. EPA">Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation</a> said "contamination stretches 6.5 miles from the south of Eielson's runway to the north of Moose Creek and is found up to 100 feet deep". As of August 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the extent of contamination was unknown and if there was one large plume or multiple small ones. The USAF has held meetings to discuss different solutions for providing affected homes with water.<sup id="cite_ref-fairbanks_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fairbanks-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of May 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, between 145 and 150 homes had well water with PFOS above the EPA health advisory concentrations. With EPA's national water quality standard announced in May 2016, 15 more homes in the Moose Creek community were added.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work is now being done to connect the affected homes to water from the City of North Pole's public utilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>6,149</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>5,232</td><td></td><td>−14.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>5,251</td><td></td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>5,400</td><td></td><td>2.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>2,647</td><td></td><td>−51.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>2,610</td><td></td><td>−1.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough_Alaska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Eielson_AFB_highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough_Alaska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Eielson_AFB_highlighted.svg/300px-Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough_Alaska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Eielson_AFB_highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough_Alaska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Eielson_AFB_highlighted.svg/450px-Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough_Alaska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Eielson_AFB_highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough_Alaska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Eielson_AFB_highlighted.svg/600px-Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough_Alaska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Eielson_AFB_highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="835" data-file-height="787" /></a><figcaption>Location within Fairbanks North Star Borough and the state of Alaska</figcaption></figure> <p>Eielson Air Force Base first appeared on the <a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970 United States census</a> as an unincorporated area. In 1980, it was made a <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a> (CDP). It is located within <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough,_Alaska" title="Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska">Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska</a>. </p><p>As of the census of 2000, there were 5,400 people, 1,448 households, and 1,414 families residing on the base. The population density was 40.1 people/km<sup>2</sup> (104 people/sq mi). There were 1,531 housing units at an average density of 11.4 units/km<sup>2</sup> (30 units/sq mi). The racial makeup of the base was 81.7% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">White</a>, 9.4% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">African American</a>, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">Native American</a>, 2.1% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">Asian</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 2.2% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">other races</a>, and 3.9% from two or more races, and 5.8% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. census)">Latino</a> of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 1,448 households, out of which 77.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 92.4% were married couples living together, 2.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 2.3% were non-families. 2.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.52 and the average family size was 3.55. At the base the population was spread out, with 40.8% under the age of 18, 16.6% from 18 to 24, 41.2% from 25 to 44, 1.2% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 110.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.7 males.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the base was $35,938, and the median income for a family was $35,688. Males had a median income of $24,961 versus $21,432 for females. The per capita income for the base was $11,512. 6.0% of the population and 5.1% of families were below the poverty line. Of the total population, 7.5% under the age of 18 years and 0.0% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2005_BRAC_proceedings">2005 BRAC proceedings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2005 BRAC proceedings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Eielson_Air_Force_Base" title="Special:EditPage/Eielson Air Force Base">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 13 May 2005, The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> proposed a major realignment of the base as part of the <a href="/wiki/Base_Realignment_and_Closure,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Base Realignment and Closure, 2005">Base Realignment and Closure</a> program. </p> <ul><li>It was decided that Eielson Air Force Base was to remain open.</li> <li>That the 354th Wing's <a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10 Thunderbolt II</a> aircraft were to be redistributed to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/917th_Wing" title="917th Wing">917th Wing</a> (now the 917th Fighter Group of the <a href="/wiki/442d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="442d Fighter Wing">442d Fighter Wing</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> (three aircraft); to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/23d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Wing">23d Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Moody_Air_Force_Base" title="Moody Air Force Base">Moody Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> (12 aircraft); and to backup inventory at <a href="/wiki/AMARC" class="mw-redirect" title="AMARC">AMARC</a> at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona (three aircraft). This action was part of a larger effort to consolidate the A-10 fleet. The 355th Fighter Squadron (355 FS) was inactivated on 15 August 2007 when the last A-10 departed Eielson.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 18th Fighter Squadron (18 FS) converted to the 18th Aggressor Squadron. This squadron trains in the same manner as the aggressors at <a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis Air Force Base</a>, learning the flying styles and abilities of foreign air forces to train USAF pilots. Aircraft changes entail sending all 18 of its Block 40 <a href="/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcons</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kunsan_Air_Base" title="Kunsan Air Base">Kunsan Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>, and receiving 18 Block 30 F-16Cs from Kunsan.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 18th Aggressor Squadron was officially established on 24 August 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Alaska Air National Guard's <a href="/wiki/168th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="168th Air Refueling Wing">168th Air Refueling Wing</a> and its <a href="/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135 Stratotanker</a> aircraft will remain at Eielson.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eielson_Air_Force_Base&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_World_War_II_Army_Airfields" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska World War II Army Airfields">Alaska World War II Army Airfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command_(United_States_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)">Air Transport Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Staging_Route" title="Northwest Staging Route">Northwest Staging Route</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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The Fairbanks area is preparing for a population jump. About $550 million will be spent on construction and renovation projects for the F-35 program. The projects include renovating airmen's dormitories and building a new child care center. There will also be a new building to house a flight simulator and a new maintenance hangar"</a>. <i>ADN</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181031052718/https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/military/2017/11/12/the-first-f-35-jet-is-being-tested-at-eielson-air-force-base-the-fairbanks-area-is-preparing-for-a-population-jump/">Archived</a> from the original on 31 October 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Strategic_Air_Command_bases" title="List of Strategic Air Command bases">Bases</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">active<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">MAJCOM</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States#CONUS_and_OCONUS" title="Contiguous United States">CONUS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altus_Air_Force_Base" title="Altus Air Force Base">Altus</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base" title="Andersen Air Force Base">Andersen</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrews Field">Andrews</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base" title="Beale Air Force Base">Beale</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolling_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolling Field">Bolling</a> (AFDW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Air_Force_Base" title="Cannon Air Force Base">Cannon</a> (AFSOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Cod Space Force Station">Cape Cod</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Air_Force_Base" title="Columbus Air Force Base">Columbus</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Air_Force_Base" title="Davis–Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyess_Air_Force_Base" title="Dyess Air Force Base">Dyess</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Eielson</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Warren_Air_Force_Base" title="Francis E. Warren Air Force Base">F. E. Warren</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Field Air National Guard Base">Forbes</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Force_Base" title="Grand Forks Air Force Base">Grand Forks</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Grissom</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Air National Guard Base">Lincoln</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Air_Force_Base" title="Little Rock Air Force Base">Little Rock</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstrom</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGuire_Air_Force_Base" title="McGuire Air Force Base">McGuire</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base" title="Offutt Air Force Base">Offutt</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base" title="Patrick Space Force Base">Patrick</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pease_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Pease Air National Guard Base">Pease</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base">Rickenbacker</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheppard_Air_Force_Base" title="Sheppard Air Force Base">Sheppard</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Westover Air Reserve Base">Westover</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright-Patterson</a> (AFMC)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia" title="Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a> (USN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fairford" title="RAF Fairford">RAF Fairford</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath" title="RAF Lakenheath">RAF Lakenheath</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall" title="RAF Mildenhall">RAF Mildenhall</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule</a> (USSF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">former /<br />inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States#CONUS_and_OCONUS" title="Contiguous United States">CONUS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Amarillo Air Force Base">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Bergstrom Air Force Base">Bergstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Air_Force_Station" title="Calumet Air Force Station">Calumet Air Force Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Fort_Worth" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth">Carswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Air_Force_Base" title="Castle Air Force Base">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennault_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennault Air Force Base">Chennault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton-Sherman_Air_Force_Base" title="Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base">Clinton-Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Eaker Air Force Base">Eaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Air_Force_Base" title="Glasgow Air Force Base">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Island_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Island Army Airfield">Grand Island</a> (AAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffiss_Air_Force_Base" title="Griffiss Air Force Base">Griffiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield" title="Hunter Army Airfield">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base" title="K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base">K. I. Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearney_Air_Force_Base" title="Kearney Air Force Base">Kearney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincheloe_Air_Force_Base" title="Kincheloe Air Force Base">Kincheloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base" title="Larson Air Force Base">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loring_Air_Force_Base" title="Loring Air Force Base">Loring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowry_Air_Force_Base" title="Lowry Air Force Base">Lowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mather_Air_Force_Base" title="Mather Air Force Base">Mather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCoy_Air_Force_Base" title="McCoy Air Force Base">McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh_Air_Force_Base" title="Plattsburgh Air Force Base">Plattsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base" title="Presque Isle Air Force Base">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramey_Air_Force_Base" title="Ramey Air Force Base">Ramey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.I._Bong_Air_Force_Base" title="R.I. Bong Air Force Base">R.I. Bong</a> (unbuilt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schilling Air Force Base">Schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Stead Air Force Base">Stead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turner_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Air Force Base">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurtsmith_Air_Force_Base" title="Wurtsmith Air Force Base">Wurtsmith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom">Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Guerir_Air_Base" title="Ben Guerir Air Base">Ben Guerir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boulhaut_Air_Base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boulhaut Air Base (page does not exist)">Boulhaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton" title="RAF Brize Norton">RAF Brize Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruntingthorpe_Aerodrome" title="Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome">RAF Bruntingthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Burtonwood" title="RAF Burtonwood">RAF Burtonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">RAF Chelveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">RAF Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFB_Goose_Bay" title="CFB Goose Bay">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Harmon_Air_Force_Base" title="Ernest Harmon Air Force Base">Ernest Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Upper_Heyford" title="RAF Upper Heyford">RAF Upper Heyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrej%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Torrejón Air Base">Torrejón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">RAF Manston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouasseur_Air_Base" title="Nouasseur Air Base">Nouasseur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabat%E2%80%93Sal%C3%A9_Airport" title="Rabat–Salé Airport">Rabat-Salé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Scampton" title="RAF Scampton">RAF Scampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculthorpe_Training_Area" title="Sculthorpe Training Area">RAF Sculthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Slimane_Air_Base" title="Sidi Slimane Air Base">Sidi Slimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_South_Ruislip" title="RAF South Ruislip">RAF South Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-Tapao_Royal_Thai_Navy_Airfield" title="U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield">U-Tapao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodbridge" title="RAF Woodbridge">RAF Woodbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="RAF Wyton">RAF Wyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaragoza_Airport" title="Zaragoza Airport">Zaragoza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Strategic Air Command"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/100px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/150px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/200px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="618" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Air Expeditionary Task Force">Sixteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Air Division">3d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Division" title="7th Air Division">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Division" title="14th Air Division">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Division" title="40th Air Division">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Air_Division" title="45th Air Division">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311th_Air_Division" title="311th Air Division">311th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Air_Division" title="801st Air Division">801st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802d_Air_Division" title="802d Air Division">802d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/806th_Air_Division" title="806th Air Division">806th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/817th_Air_Division" title="817th Air Division">817th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822d_Air_Division" title="822d Air Division">822d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823d_Air_Division" title="823d Air Division">823d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4310th_Air_Division" title="4310th Air Division">4310th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic<br />aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="18th Strategic Aerospace Division">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Strategic Aerospace Division">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="810th Strategic Aerospace Division">810th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="813th Strategic Aerospace Division">813th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/816th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="816th Strategic Aerospace Division">816th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/818th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="818th Strategic Aerospace Division">818th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/819th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="819th Strategic Aerospace Division">819th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="820th Strategic Aerospace Division">820th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="821st Strategic Aerospace Division">821st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="825th Strategic Aerospace Division">825th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic missile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Strategic_Missile_Division" title="13th Strategic Missile Division">13th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_wings" title="Strategic Air Command wings">Wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Bomb_Wings_and_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Bombardment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Wing" title="17th Training Wing">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Airlift_Wing" title="19th Airlift Wing">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Air Refueling Wing">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Bombardment Wing">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Bombardment Wing">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Base Wing">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">43d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Electronic_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Electronic Warfare Group">68th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Air Base Wing">72d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Wing">92d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air_Ground_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Air Ground Operations Wing">93d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303d_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Aeronautical Systems Wing">303d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Air Refueling Wing">319th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="379th Air Expeditionary Wing">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/380th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="380th Air Expeditionary Wing">380th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Bombardment Wing">416th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Bombardment_Wing" title="450th Bombardment Wing">450th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Wing" title="456th Bombardment Wing">456th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/465th_Bombardment_Wing" title="465th Bombardment Wing">465th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/494th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="494th Bombardment Wing">494th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Fighter_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Fighter Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Fighter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="12th Flying Training Wing">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Training Wing">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/506th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="506th Air Expeditionary Group">506th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/508th_Aerospace_Sustainment_Wing" title="508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing">508th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_missile_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of missile wings of the United States Air Force">Missile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/44th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Strategic Missile Wing">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Missile_Wing" title="90th Missile Wing">90th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Missile_Wing" title="91st Missile Wing">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="308th Strategic Missile Wing">308th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="321st Strategic Missile Wing">321st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/341st_Missile_Wing" title="341st Missile Wing">341st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="351st Strategic Missile Wing">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Strategic Missile Wing">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392d Strategic Missile Wing">392d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Strategic Missile Wing">451st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/702d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="702d Strategic Missile Wing">702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="703d Strategic Missile Wing">703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="705th Strategic Missile Wing">705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/706th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Strategic Missile Wing">706th</a></li> <li>4320th Strategic Wing (Missile)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Air Mobility Wing">6th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">26th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Wing" title="55th Wing">55th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Group" title="544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group">544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_air_refueling_wings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Air Force air refueling wings">Refueling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Air Refueling Wing">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="301st Air Refueling Wing">301st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="305th Air Mobility Wing">305th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="384th Air Refueling Wing">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452d_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Air Mobility Wing">452d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/497th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="497th Air Refueling Wing">497th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/499th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="499th Air Refueling Wing">499th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="500th Air Refueling Wing">500th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Strategic_Wings_assigned_to_the_Strategic_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="List of USAF Strategic Wings assigned to the Strategic Air Command">Strategic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462d_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462d Strategic Aerospace Wing">462d</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">AFCON</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Range_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Range Wing">98th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Strategic_Wing" title="306th Strategic Wing">306th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Strategic Wing">307th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MAJCOM_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force">MAJCOM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3918th_Strategic_Wing" title="3918th Strategic Wing">3918th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3920th_Strategic_Wing" title="3920th Strategic Wing">3920th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">3960th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3970th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3970th Strategic Wing">3970th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3973d_Strategic_Wing" title="3973d Strategic Wing">3973d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4026th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4026th Strategic Wing">4026th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4038th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4038th Strategic Wing">4038th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4039th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4039th Strategic Wing">4039th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4042d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4042d Strategic Wing">4042d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4043d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4043d Strategic Wing">4043d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4047th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4047th Strategic Wing">4047th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">4080th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4081st_Strategic_Wing" title="4081st Strategic Wing">4081st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4082d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4082d Strategic Wing">4082d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4083d_Strategic_Wing" title="4083d Strategic Wing">4083d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4123d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4123d Strategic Wing">4123d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4126th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4126th Strategic Wing">4126th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4128th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4130th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4130th Strategic Wing">4130th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4133rd_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4133rd Strategic Wing">4133d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4134th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4134th Strategic Wing">4134th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4135th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4135th Strategic Wing">4135th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4136th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4136th Strategic Wing">4136th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4137th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4137th Strategic Wing">4137th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4138th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4141st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4141st Strategic Wing">4141st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4157th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4157th Strategic Wing">4157th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4158th_Strategic_Wing" title="4158th Strategic Wing">4158th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4170th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4170th Strategic Wing">4170th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4228th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4228th Strategic Wing">4228th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4238th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4238th Strategic Wing">4238th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4239th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4239th Strategic Wing">4239th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4241st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4241st Strategic Wing">4241st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4245th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4245th Strategic Wing">4245th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="376th Strategic Wing">4252nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4258th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4258th Strategic Wing">4258th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4321st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4321st Strategic Wing">4321st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">USAAF<br />Groups<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><big>*</big>= initial assigned<br />unit upon SAC's<br />activation</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Operations_Group" title="28th Operations Group">28th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd Operations Group">43rd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Operations Group">93d</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/498th_Tactical_Missile_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="498th Tactical Missile Group">498th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Composite_Group" title="509th Composite Group">509th Composite</a> (3/46*)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th</a> (6/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th</a> (2/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/91st_Operations_Group" title="91st Operations Group">91st Strategic Reconnaissance</a> (1/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Equipment_of_Strategic_Air_Command" title="Equipment of Strategic Air Command">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bomber_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomber aircraft">Bombers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Rockwell B-1 Lancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">Convair B-36 Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">North American B-45 Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler" title="Convair B-58 Hustler">Convair B-58 Hustler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command<br />& Control</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_DC-130" title="Lockheed DC-130">Lockheed DC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">Boeing E-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">Boeing EC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American F-2 Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">North American F-82 Twin Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">North American F-86 Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">Convair F-102 Delta Dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Missiles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">ADM-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">AGM-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM" title="AGM-69 SRAM">AGM-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84 Harpoon">AGM-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">AGM-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-129_ACM" title="AGM-129 ACM">AGM-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">HGM-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30A/B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper" title="LGM-118 Peacekeeper">LGM-118A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">SM-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">PGM-17A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" title="PGM-19 Jupiter">PGM-19A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#U-2R/S_details" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed TR-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_RB-57D_Canberra" title="Martin RB-57D Canberra">Martin RB-57D Canberra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing RB-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing RB-29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tankers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">Boeing KB-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing KB-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">Lockheed HC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130">Lockheed Martin KC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">Fairchild C-82 Packet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas C-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan" title="Convair C-131 Samaritan">Convair C-131 Samaritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">Boeing C-135 Stratolifter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commanders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Kenney" title="George Kenney">George Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis LeMay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Power" title="Thomas S. Power">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dale_Ryan" title="John Dale Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Nazzaro" title="Joseph J. Nazzaro">Joseph J. Nazzaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_K._Holloway" title="Bruce K. Holloway">Bruce K. Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Meyer" title="John C. Meyer">John C. Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_E._Dougherty" title="Russell E. Dougherty">Russell E. Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Ellis" title="Richard H. Ellis">Richard H. Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_L._Davis" title="Bennie L. Davis">Bennie L. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_D._Welch" title="Larry D. Welch">Larry D. Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_T._Chain,_Jr,&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John T. Chain, Jr, (page does not exist)">John T. Chain, Jr,</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lee_Butler" title="George Lee Butler">George Lee Butler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Emblems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a 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title="Cordova Army Airfield">Cordova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gakona_Landing_Strip" title="Gakona Landing Strip">Gakona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juneau_International_Airport" title="Juneau International Airport">Juneau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiska_Army_Airfield" title="Kiska Army Airfield">Kiska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogliuga_Island_Army_Airfield" title="Ogliuga Island Army Airfield">Ogliuga Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakutat_Army_Airfield" title="Yakutat Army Airfield">Yakutat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command" title="Air Transport Command">Air Transport Command</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Staging_Route" title="Northwest Staging Route">Northwest Staging Route</a><br />(xfr to 11AF 1945)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Johnson Airport">Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Airport_(Alaska)" title="St. Mary's Airport (Alaska)">St. Mary's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitka_Rocky_Gutierrez_Airport" title="Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport">Sitka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unalakleet_Airport" title="Unalakleet Airport">Unalakleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unalaska_Airport" title="Unalaska Airport">Unalaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiley_Post%E2%80%93Will_Rogers_Memorial_Airport" title="Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport">Utqiagvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valdez_Airport" title="Valdez Airport">Valdez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrangell_Airport" title="Wrangell Airport">Wrangell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakutat_Airport" title="Yakutat Airport">Yakutat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adak_Airport" title="Adak Airport">Adak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akiak_Airport" title="Akiak Airport">Akiak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akiachak_Airport" title="Akiachak Airport">Akiachak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alakanuk_Airport" title="Alakanuk Airport">Alakanuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambler_Airport" title="Ambler Airport">Ambler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anaktuvuk_Pass_Airport" title="Anaktuvuk Pass Airport">Anaktuvuk Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmautluak_Airport" title="Atmautluak Airport">Atmautluak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckland_Airport" title="Buckland Airport">Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chefornak_Airport" title="Chefornak Airport">Chefornak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevak_Airport" title="Chevak Airport">Chevak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_Bay_Airport" title="Cold Bay Airport">Cold Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coldfoot_Airport" title="Coldfoot Airport">Coldfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eek_Airport" title="Eek Airport">Eek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elim_Airport" title="Elim Airport">Elim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmonak_Airport" title="Emmonak Airport">Emmonak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Yukon_Airport" title="Fort Yukon Airport">Fort Yukon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_G._Pitka_Sr._Airport" title="Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport">Galena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambell_Airport" title="Gambell Airport">Gambell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haines_Airport" title="Haines Airport">Haines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoonah_Airport" title="Hoonah Airport">Hoonah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooper_Bay_Airport" title="Hooper Bay Airport">Hooper Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huslia_Airport" title="Huslia Airport">Huslia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iliamna_Airport" title="Iliamna Airport">Iliamna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kake_Seaplane_Base" title="Kake Seaplane Base">Kake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barter_Island_LRRS_Airport" title="Barter Island LRRS Airport">Kaktovik/Barter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalskag_Airport" title="Kalskag Airport">Kalskag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasigluk_Airport" title="Kasigluk Airport">Kasigluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Baker_Memorial_Airport" title="Bob Baker Memorial Airport">Kiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kipnuk_Airport" title="Kipnuk Airport">Kipnuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kivalina_Airport" title="Kivalina Airport">Kivalina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongiganak_Airport" title="Kongiganak Airport">Kongiganak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotlik_Airport" title="Kotlik Airport">Kotlik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwethluk_Airport" title="Kwethluk Airport">Kwethluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwigillingok_Airport" title="Kwigillingok Airport">Kwigillingok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Don_Hunter_Sr._Airport" title="Marshall Don Hunter Sr. Airport">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Village_Airport" title="Mountain Village Airport">Mountain Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noatak_Airport" title="Noatak Airport">Noatak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_(Bob)_Curtis_Memorial_Airport" title="Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport">Noorvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nulato_Airport" title="Nulato Airport">Nulato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nunapitchuk_Airport" title="Nunapitchuk Airport">Nunapitchuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilot_Station_Airport" title="Pilot Station Airport">Pilot Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Hope_Airport" title="Point Hope Airport">Point Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinhagak_Airport" title="Quinhagak Airport">Quinhagak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Mission_Airport" title="Russian Mission Airport">Russian Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Island_Airport" title="St. Paul Island Airport">St. Paul Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Point_Airport" title="Sand Point Airport">Sand Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoonga_Airport" title="Savoonga Airport">Savoonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scammon_Bay_Airport" title="Scammon Bay Airport">Scammon Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selawik_Airport" title="Selawik Airport">Selawik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seldovia_Airport" title="Seldovia Airport">Seldovia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaktoolik_Airport" title="Shaktoolik Airport">Shaktoolik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shishmaref_Airport" title="Shishmaref Airport">Shishmaref</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skagway_Airport" title="Skagway Airport">Skagway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stebbins_Airport" title="Stebbins Airport">Stebbins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toksook_Bay_Airport" title="Toksook Bay Airport">Toksook Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuluksak_Airport" title="Tuluksak Airport">Tuluksak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuntutuliak_Airport" title="Tuntutuliak Airport">Tuntutuliak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wainwright_Airport_(Alaska)" title="Wainwright Airport (Alaska)">Wainwright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General aviation airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhiok_Airport" title="Akhiok Airport">Akhiok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akutan_Airport" title="Akutan Airport">Akutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akutan_Seaplane_Base" title="Akutan Seaplane Base">Akutan Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleknagik_Airport" title="Aleknagik Airport">Aleknagik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allakaket_Airport" title="Allakaket Airport">Allakaket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angoon_Seaplane_Base" title="Angoon Seaplane Base">Angoon Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anvik_Airport" title="Anvik Airport">Anvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Village_Airport" title="Arctic Village Airport">Arctic Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atka_Airport" title="Atka Airport">Atka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atqasuk_Edward_Burnell_Sr._Memorial_Airport" title="Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport">Atqasuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Airport" title="Beaver Airport">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettles_Airport" title="Bettles Airport">Bettles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Lake_Airport" title="Big Lake Airport">Big Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birch_Creek_Airport" title="Birch Creek Airport">Birch Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birchwood_Airport" title="Birchwood Airport">Birchwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brevig_Mission_Airport" title="Brevig Mission Airport">Brevig Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Airport" title="Central Airport">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalkyitsik_Airport" title="Chalkyitsik Airport">Chalkyitsik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandalar_Lake_Airport" title="Chandalar Lake Airport">Chandalar Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenega_Bay_Airport" title="Chenega Bay Airport">Chenega Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicken_Airport" title="Chicken Airport">Chicken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chignik_Airport" title="Chignik Airport">Chignik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chignik_Lagoon_Airport" title="Chignik Lagoon Airport">Chignik Lagoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chignik_Lake_Airport" title="Chignik Lake Airport">Chignik Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chisana_Airport" title="Chisana Airport">Chisana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuathbaluk_Airport" title="Chuathbaluk Airport">Chuathbaluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_City_Airport" title="Circle City Airport">Circle City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_Hot_Springs_Airport" title="Circle Hot Springs Airport">Circle Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarks_Point_Airport" title="Clarks Point Airport">Clarks Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Airport" title="Clear Airport">Clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffman_Cove_Seaplane_Base" title="Coffman Cove Seaplane Base">Coffman Cove Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordova_Municipal_Airport" title="Cordova Municipal Airport">Cordova Municipal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_Airport" title="Council Airport">Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Seaplane_Base" title="Craig Seaplane Base">Craig Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crooked_Creek_Airport" title="Crooked Creek Airport">Crooked Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahl_Creek_Airport" title="Dahl Creek Airport">Dahl Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deering_Airport" title="Deering Airport">Deering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diomede_Heliport" class="mw-redirect" title="Diomede Heliport">Diomede</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Airport" title="Eagle Airport">Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egegik_Airport" title="Egegik Airport">Egegik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekwok_Airport" title="Ekwok Airport">Ekwok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elfin_Cove_Seaplane_Base" title="Elfin Cove Seaplane Base">Elfin Cove Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Excursion_Inlet_Seaplane_Base" title="Excursion Inlet Seaplane Base">Excursion Inlet Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_Pass_Airport" title="False Pass Airport">False Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flat_Airport" title="Flat Airport">Flat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funter_Bay_Seaplane_Base" title="Funter Bay Seaplane Base">Funter Bay Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galbraith_Lake_Airport" title="Galbraith Lake Airport">Galbraith Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girdwood_Airport" title="Girdwood Airport">Girdwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golovin_Airport" title="Golovin Airport">Golovin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodnews_Airport" title="Goodnews Airport">Goodnews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Bay_Airport_(Alaska)" title="Goose Bay Airport (Alaska)">Goose Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayling_Airport" title="Grayling Airport">Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulkana_Airport" title="Gulkana Airport">Gulkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haines_Seaplane_Base" title="Haines Seaplane Base">Haines Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healy_Lake_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Healy Lake Airport">Healy Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healy_River_Airport" title="Healy River Airport">Healy River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollis_Seaplane_Base" title="Hollis Seaplane Base">Hollis Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Airport" title="Holy Cross Airport">Holy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoonah_Seaplane_Base" title="Hoonah Seaplane Base">Hoonah Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Airport_(Alaska)" title="Hope Airport (Alaska)">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Airport_(Alaska)" title="Hughes Airport (Alaska)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydaburg_Seaplane_Base" title="Hydaburg Seaplane Base">Hydaburg Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyder_Seaplane_Base" title="Hyder Seaplane Base">Hyder Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igiugig_Airport" title="Igiugig Airport">Igiugig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kake_Airport" title="Kake Airport">Kake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaltag_Airport" title="Kaltag Airport">Kaltag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantishna_Airport" title="Kantishna Airport">Kantishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karluk_Airport" title="Karluk Airport">Karluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Cove_Airport" title="King Cove Airport">King Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitoi_Bay_Seaplane_Base" title="Kitoi Bay Seaplane Base">Kitoi Bay Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klawock_Seaplane_Base" title="Klawock Seaplane Base">Klawock Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobuk_Airport" title="Kobuk Airport">Kobuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodiak_Municipal_Airport" title="Kodiak Municipal Airport">Kodiak Municipal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_Basin_Seaplane_Base" title="Trident Basin Seaplane Base">Kodiak Trident Basin Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokhanok_Airport" title="Kokhanok Airport">Kokhanok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koliganek_Airport" title="Koliganek Airport">Koliganek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyuk_Alfred_Adams_Airport" title="Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport">Koyuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyukuk_Airport" title="Koyukuk Airport">Koyukuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Louise_Airport" title="Lake Louise Airport">Lake Louise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larsen_Bay_Airport" title="Larsen Bay Airport">Larsen Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levelock_Airport" title="Levelock Airport">Levelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manley_Hot_Springs_Airport" title="Manley Hot Springs Airport">Manley Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manokotak_Airport" title="Manokotak Airport">Manokotak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Creek_Airport" title="May Creek Airport">May Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCarthy_Airport" title="McCarthy Airport">McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGrath_Airport" title="McGrath Airport">McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekoryuk_Airport" title="Mekoryuk Airport">Mekoryuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metlakatla_Seaplane_Base" title="Metlakatla Seaplane Base">Metlakatla Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minchumina_Airport" title="Minchumina Airport">Minchumina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minto_Al_Wright_Airport" title="Minto Al Wright Airport">Minto Al Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naknek_Airport" title="Naknek Airport">Naknek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanwalek_Airport" title="Nanwalek Airport">Nanwalek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napakiak_Airport" title="Napakiak Airport">Napakiak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napaskiak_Airport" title="Napaskiak Airport">Napaskiak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Lagoon_Airport" title="Nelson Lagoon Airport">Nelson Lagoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nenana_Municipal_Airport" title="Nenana Municipal Airport">Nenana Municipal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Stuyahok_Airport" title="New Stuyahok Airport">New Stuyahok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtok_Airport" title="Newtok Airport">Newtok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightmute_Airport" title="Nightmute Airport">Nightmute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Airport" title="Nikolai Airport">Nikolai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nondalton_Airport" title="Nondalton Airport">Nondalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Whale_Seaplane_Base" title="North Whale Seaplane Base">North Whale Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northway_Airport" title="Northway Airport">Northway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuiqsut_Airport" title="Nuiqsut Airport">Nuiqsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Point_Airport" title="Sheldon Point Airport">Nunam Iqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Harbor_Airport" title="Old Harbor Airport">Old Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophir_Airport" title="Ophir Airport">Ophir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouzinkie_Airport" title="Ouzinkie Airport">Ouzinkie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_Municipal_Airport" title="Palmer Municipal Airport">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Bay_Airport" title="Pedro Bay Airport">Pedro Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican_Seaplane_Base" title="Pelican Seaplane Base">Pelican Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perryville_Airport" title="Perryville Airport">Perryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_R._Roundtree_Seaplane_Facility" title="Lloyd R. Roundtree Seaplane Facility">Petersburg Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilot_Point_Airport" title="Pilot Point Airport">Pilot Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Airport" title="Platinum Airport">Platinum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Baker_Seaplane_Base" title="Point Baker Seaplane Base">Point Baker Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Lay_LRRS_Airport" title="Point Lay LRRS Airport">Point Lay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Alexander_Seaplane_Base" title="Port Alexander Seaplane Base">Port Alexander Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Graham_Airport" title="Port Graham Airport">Port Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Heiden_Airport" title="Port Heiden Airport">Port Heiden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Lions_Airport" title="Port Lions Airport">Port Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Protection_Seaplane_Base" title="Port Protection Seaplane Base">Port Protection Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage_Creek_Airport" title="Portage Creek Airport">Portage Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prospect_Creek_Airport" title="Prospect Creek Airport">Prospect Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampart_Airport" title="Rampart Airport">Rampart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Devil_Airport" title="Red Devil Airport">Red Devil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Airport" title="Ruby Airport">Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._George_Airport_(Alaska)" title="St. George Airport (Alaska)">St. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Michael_Airport" title="St. Michael Airport">St. Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seward_Airport" title="Seward Airport">Seward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shageluk_Airport" title="Shageluk Airport">Shageluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shungnak_Airport" title="Shungnak Airport">Shungnak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitka_Seaplane_Base" title="Sitka Seaplane Base">Sitka Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skwentna_Airport" title="Skwentna Airport">Skwentna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleetmute_Airport" title="Sleetmute Airport">Sleetmute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldotna_Airport" title="Soldotna Airport">Soldotna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Naknek_Airport" title="South Naknek Airport">South Naknek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevens_Village_Airport" title="Stevens Village Airport">Stevens Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_River_Airport" title="Stony River Airport">Stony River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takotna_Airport" title="Takotna Airport">Takotna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talkeetna_Airport" title="Talkeetna Airport">Talkeetna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_M._Calhoun_Memorial_Airport" title="Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport">Tanana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatitlek_Airport" title="Tatitlek Airport">Tatitlek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telida_Airport" title="Telida Airport">Telida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teller_Airport" title="Teller Airport">Teller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenakee_Seaplane_Base" title="Tenakee Seaplane Base">Tenakee Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorne_Bay_Seaplane_Base" title="Thorne Bay Seaplane Base">Thorne Bay Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togiak_Airport" title="Togiak Airport">Togiak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tok_Junction_Airport" title="Tok Junction Airport">Tok Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tununak_Airport" title="Tununak Airport">Tununak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Hills_Airport" title="Twin Hills Airport">Twin Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugashik_Airport" title="Ugashik Airport">Ugashik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetie_Airport" title="Venetie Airport">Venetie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Airport_(Alaska)" title="Wales Airport (Alaska)">Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasilla_Airport" title="Wasilla Airport">Wasilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Mountain_Airport" title="White Mountain Airport">White Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whittier,_Alaska#Airfield_and_seaplane_dock" title="Whittier, Alaska">Whittier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow_Airport" title="Willow Airport">Willow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other public airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alitak_Seaplane_Base" title="Alitak Seaplane Base">Alitak Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alsek_River_Airport" title="Alsek River Airport">Alsek River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Creek_3_Airport" title="Bear Creek 3 Airport">Bear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Seaplane_Base" title="Bethel Seaplane Base">Bethel Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Lake_Seaplane_Base" title="Beaver Lake Seaplane Base">Beaver Lake Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte_Municipal_Airport" title="Butte Municipal Airport">Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_Seaplane_Base" title="Chatham Seaplane Base">Chatham Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chignik_Bay_Seaplane_Base" title="Chignik Bay Seaplane Base">Chignik Bay Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Sky_Lodge_Airport" title="Clear Sky Lodge Airport">Clear Sky Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Center_Airport" title="Copper Center Airport">Copper Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Junction_Airport" title="Delta Junction Airport">Delta Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannons_Pond_Seaplane_Base" title="Shannons Pond Seaplane Base">Dillingham Seaplane Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_King_Creek_Airport" title="Gold King Creek Airport">Gold King Creek</a></li> 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