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
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
343d Wing
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The 343d Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated on 20 August 1993. The unit was f
Alaskan Air Command
…Anchorage, and was re-established at Elmendorf Field on 1 October 1946. As well as the reorganization of the command and control echelon in Alaska, the 343d Fighter Group at Shemya AAF was inactivated, replaced by the 57th Fighter Group in keeping with the Air Forces policy of retaining low-numbered units on active duty…
Two of the wing's A-10A Thunderbolt IIs over Alaska during Exercise Arctic Warrior in 1991
11th Fighter Squadron P-40 in Alaska, 1943
54th Fighter Squadron P-38
11th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102