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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 5010th Wing. Colonel John L. Nedwed, the third commander of the base since it fell under Alaskan Air Command fifteen months before, became the first to ...
With the departure of the 97th Bombardment Wing, the Eielson Air Force Base Wing (Base Complement) was formed on 1 April 1948. On 20 April 1948, it was designated the 5010th Air Base Wing, and would be the host unit at the base until 1964. [1] The wing provided support to reconnaissance squadrons of Air Weather Service from 1949 through 1958. [2]
Eielson Air Force Base: Fairbanks North Star: Groundwater contains lead and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, xylene, and toluene (BTEX compounds). Several areas of subsurface petroleum-contaminated soil and floating petroleum product are the sources of continuing groundwater contamination. [20] [21] 07/14/1989: 11/21/1989
An Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday as the pilot ejected safely, officials said. The aircraft incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at ...
Shocking video captured an F-35 fighter jet plummeting onto the runway and bursting into flames during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska early Tuesday afternoon.
25 September 1953 – A 58th SRS WB-29-100BW (45-21872A) crashed just after takeoff two miles north of Eielson Air Force Base. Captain Charles F. Baker, a weather observer assigned to the unit, was the only fatality.
The crash occurred just before 1 p.m. local time within the fence line of Eielson Air Force Base, about 25 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, according to 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs.
The 343d became Eielson Air Force Base's host unit on 1 October 1981 as the 343d Composite Wing, when it replaced the 5010th Combat Support Group and absorbed the 5010th's personnel and equipment. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The 25th Air Support Operations Squadron , flying the Cessna O-2 Skymaster , was transferred from the 5010th as the wing's initial ...