The 354th Fighter Wing is a United States Air Force wing that is part of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is the host wing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and is assigned to the Eleventh Air Force.
18th Aggressor Squadron F-16Ds over the Alaska Range. AF Serials 86-0314 (Block 30D), 87-0375 (Block 30H) and 86-0293 (Block 30D)
North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre Serial 56-3899 of the 356 TFS being aerial refueled over Aviano Italy, 1960
McDonnell Douglas F-4E-34-MC Phantom II, AF Ser. No. 67-0231 of the 16th Tactical Fighter Squadron on TDY from Eglin AFB Florida – Attached to 354th TFW at Kunsan AB South Korea – 1 April 1970. In 1980, this aircraft was sold to the Egyptian Air Force.
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D-7-CV Corsair IIs 70-0976, 70-0989 and 70-0970 of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing - 1971. 976 and 989 were retired to AMARC in 1992, 970 is on permanent display at the Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Eielson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. It was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field and redesignated Eielson Air Force Base on 13 January 1948. It has been a Superfund site since 1989. Eielson AFB was named in honor of polar pilot Carl Ben Eielson.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 18th Aggressor Squadron flies over Eielson AFB during 2009. The base's largest hangar, known as the "Thunderdome," is visible in the bottom left of the image.
Mile 26 Satellite Field (now Eielson AFB), 1945
Ptarmigan Hall in 1962, later renamed to Amber Hall
The flight line and Thunderdome hangar building at Eielson