The 3rd Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Eleventh Air Force. It is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Two of the wing's F-22 Raptors over Alaska, 2007
A 90th Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptor escorts a Russian Air Force Tu-95 Bear bomber near Nunivak Island
A 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III taking off from Elmendorf Field
The 537th Airlift Squadron supported remote radar sites in Alaska with C-130 Hercules airlifters.
The Eleventh Air Force (11 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.
Capt. St. Clair Streett (at left) with pilots of the 1920 Alaskan Flying Expedition
Elmendorf Field, August 1941
18th Pursuit Squadron P-36 Hawks, Elmendorf, August 1941
LB-30 and B-17E of the 36th Bombardment Squadron at Unmnak (Fort Glenn AAF), June 1942. The B-17E (41–9126) was lost on 28 August 1942