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Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson. Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson (IATA: EDF, ICAO: PAED, FAA LID: EDF) is a United States military facility in Anchorage, Alaska. It is a joint base formed from the United States Air Force 's Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army 's Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010.
Originally known as Elmendorf Field, it became Elmendorf Air Force Base after World War II. It is the home of the Headquarters, Alaskan Air Command (ALCOM), Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), Eleventh Air Force (11 AF), the 673d Air Base Wing, the 3rd Wing, the 176th Wing and other tenant units. In 2010, it was amalgamated with nearby Fort Richardson ...
Fort Richardson is a United States Army installation in the U.S. State of Alaska, adjacent to the city of Anchorage. In 2010, it was merged with nearby Elmendorf Air Force Base to form Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson .
On 12 December the Army designated the base Fort Richardson and flying field Elmendorf Field. The post was named for Brig Gen Wilds P. Richardson, former head of the Alaska Road Commission; the airfield and flying facilities were named Elmendorf Field in honor of Captain Hugh M. Elmendorf, killed in 1933 while flight testing an experimental ...
Umnak Island, Aleutian Islands, 1942-1947, Closed 1947, now abandoned. Fort Morrow Army Airfield, 56°57′24″N 158°38′18″W. Port Heiden, Alaska Territory, 1941-1945, Closed 1945, now Port Heiden Airport. Fort Randall Army Airfield, 55°11′56″N 162°43′15″W. Cold Bay, Alaska Territory, Opened March 1942.
Ladd Field, near Fairbanks, was built as a cold-weather test station and Fort Richardson, named for Wilds P. Richardson, was built near Anchorage. Colonel Simon B. Buckner assumed command of the Alaska Defense Force in 1940, achieving the rank of major general during his following three-year tenure in what evolved into the Alaska Department.
The unit is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska and is the only airborne brigade combat team in the Pacific Theater. It is also the newest airborne Infantry BCT and one of only five in the United States Army; the others are the three Infantry BCTs of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
On 16 September 2006 the 725th was reorganized and redesignated as the 725th Support Battalion (Airborne) and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team {Airborne), 25th Infantry Division with home station at Fort Richardson, Alaska. The brigade was reflagged as the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division in June 2022 ...