5001st Composite Wing
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The 5001st Composite Wing is a defunct United States Air Force organization. Throughout its existence, it was assigned to the Alaskan Air Command and stationed at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska.
Emblem of the 5001st Air Base Group
Emblem of the 46th/72d Reconnaissance Squadron
Squadron photo of the 72d Reconnaissance Squadron, 1948
RB-29s of the 72d RS near Mount McKinley, 1948
Alaskan Air Command
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The Alaskan Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command originally established in 1942 under the United States Army Air Forces. Its mission was to organize and administer the air
5001st Composite Wing
…The 5001st Composite Wing is a defunct United States Air Force organization. Throughout its existence, it was assigned to the Alaskan Air Command and stationed at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska. It was established as the Yukon Composite Wing on 15 June 1948, and then redesignated as the 5001st…
Alaskan Air Command Headquarters Building, Elmendorf Air Force Base, 1960s
B-26C 44-35844 at Davis AFB, 1948
Boeing RB-47H-1-BW Stratojet Serial 53-2496 on the snowy Eielson flightline. This would be the last B-47 in active USAF service, and is now preserved at the Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin AFB, Florida.
Alaskan Air Command P-51H 44-64461