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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 Army established the Yukon Command at Ladd Air Force Base as a component of the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAL) with the mission of point defense of U.S. military installations north of the Alaska Range. Consequently, infantry and anti-aircraft units comprised most of the Army presence at Ladd AFB during the 1950s.
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Wainwright: Guide to the Ladd Field National Historic Landmark and Ladd Air Force Base Cold War Historic District. Fort Wainwright Directorate of Public Works Cultural Resource Management Office. Price, Kathy (January 2001). Northern Defenders: Cold War Context of Ladd Air Force Base Fairbanks, Alaska 1947-1961. Center ...
The Joint Military Mall, also located on Elmendorf, provides post exchange and commissary services. The post's largest military tenant is the Alaska National Guard, with facilities at Camp Carroll and Camp Denali. Fort Richardson also hosts several non-military activities, including a United States National Cemetery and a state-owned fish ...
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army helicopters collided and crashed Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth.
Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was originally called Fairbanks Air Base , but was renamed Ladd Field on 1 December 1939, [ 4 ] in honor of Major Arthur K. Ladd , a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps who died in a plane crash near Dale, South ...
Coast Guard Base Ketchikan; ... Alaska World War II Army airfields This page was last edited on 27 April 2020, at 01:20 (UTC). Text ...
1466th Army Air Force Base Unit (August 1944 – January 1945) Satellite Fld 1466-1 Army Air Force Base Unit (January–June 1945) HQ and Base Service Sq, 519th Air Service Group (November–December 1947) 97th Airdrome Group (December 1947 – April 1948) Eielson AFB Wing (Base Complement) (April–September 1948)