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Alaska Soldiers celebrate Army's 234th birthday. 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 hatchery.
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]
Bryant Army Airport (IATA: FRN, ICAO: PAFR, FAA LID: FRN), also known historically as Bryant Army Airfield, is a U.S. Army Airfield located at Fort Richardson, near the city of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a 4,086 x 100 ft (1,273 x 30 m) asphalt surface. [1]
Alaska's air defense force was further enhanced with the assignment of two E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft to Elmendorf AFB in 1986. The Alaskan Command was re-established at Elmendorf in 1989 as subunified joint service command under the Pacific Command in recognition of Alaska's military importance in the Pacific region.
Fort Richardson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located on the Fort Richardson United States Army installation near Anchorage, Alaska. It encompasses 39 acres (16 ha) and as of the end of 2020, it had more than 8,000 interments. For much of the year, the gravesites are inaccessible due to snowfall.
Ladd Field, near Fairbanks, was built as a cold-weather test station and Fort Richardson, named for Wilds P. Richardson, was built near Anchorage. Colonel Simon B. Buckner assumed command of the Alaska Defense Force in 1940, achieving the rank of major general during his following three-year tenure in what evolved into the Alaska Department.
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Tikishla Peak is located 11 miles (18 km) east of Anchorage in the western Chugach Mountains, on land belonging to Fort Richardson Military Reservation. [4] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west to Cook Inlet via Ship Creek and Campbell Creek.