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The strategic location of Elmendorf AFB and Alaska made it an excellent deployment center, a fact that validated the contention of Billy Mitchell who, in 1935, stated that "Alaska is the most strategic place in the world". Deployments from Elmendorf AFB and Eielson AFB to the Far East are now conducted on a routine basis.
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson (IATA: EDF, ICAO: PAED, FAA LID: EDF) is a United States military facility in Anchorage, Alaska. It is a joint base formed from the United States Air Force's Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army's Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010. [2] The adjacent facilities were officially combined by ...
The final weapons training deployment for the 525th was at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, from 16–27 March 1992. [3] The 525th inactivated at Bitburg AB on 1 April 1992. After 15 years of inactivation, Pacific Air Forces activated the 525th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, on 29 October 2007.
The 90th Fighter Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force.It is assigned to the 3rd Operations Group, based out of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Alaska and part of the Pacific Air Forces.
The 210th Rescue Squadron (210 RQS) is a unit of the Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. The 210th is equipped with the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter.
On July 28, 2010, a C-17 Globemaster III transport plane of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, while practicing for a flight display at the upcoming Arctic Thunder Air Show. All four crew members on board were killed. It is the only fatal accident of a C-17 aircraft.
Based at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska, it was activated in 1994. The 611th Air Operations Group was established as a new organization on 1 July 1994. [1] It may have included the 3rd ASOS, 611th Air Control Squadron and 611th Air Operations Squadron.
The 962d Airborne Air Control Squadron is part of the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.It operates the Boeing E-3G Sentry aircraft conducting airborne battle management command and control missions.