Eleventh Air Force
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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
Aleutian Islands campaign
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The Aleutian Islands campaign was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15 August 1943 on and around the Aleutian Islands in the American Theater of World War II. It was the only military campaign of World War II fought on North American soil.
American troops hauling supplies through Jarmin Pass on Attu in May 1943. Their vehicles could not move across the island's rugged terrain.
Japanese troops raise the Imperial battle flag on Kiska Island in the Aleutians on June 6, 1942.
The Navy radio station at Dutch Harbor burning after the Japanese attack, June 4, 1942
American troops endure snow and ice during the Battle of Attu in May 1943