The Alaskan Air Command (AAC) 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 defense system of Alaska, exercise direct control of all active measures, and coordinate all passive means of air defense. In addition, the command also supported Strategic Air Command elements operating through and around Alaska. It was redesignated Eleventh Air Force on 9 August 1990 and, concurrently, status changed from a major command of the United States Air Force to a subordinate organization of Pacific Air Forces.
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
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
