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99703. Area codes. 907. Fort Wainwright is a United States Army installation in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fort Wainwright is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the coterminous Fairbanks Metropolitan Statistical Area. The installation is managed by U.S. Army Garrison Alaska (USAG Alaska) and the senior command is 11th Airborne Division.
Ladd Army Airfield, about 1943. Emblem of the 5001st Air Base Group, Ladd AFB 1947-1959. Ladd AFB organizational chart, 1952. Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska.
On 16 October 2009, Aviation Task Force 49 was disbanded, and "reflagged" as 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, and thus activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. On 31 March 2011, it was announced that the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade would be based at Joint Base Lewis McChord but still keep a substantial presence (1–52d Aviation) at Fort Wainwright. [8]
Constituted as the 3d Direct Air Support Flight and activated on 17 September 1964 (not organized) Organized on 8 October 1964. Inactivated on 15 September 1968. Redesignated 3rd Air Support Operations Center Flight on 16 May 1980. Activated on 1 June 1980. Redesignated 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron on 6 January 1989 [1]
The Bell fighters and the B-25 Mitchells were flown up to Ladd via Minneapolis; the C-47s and A-20s came up via Great Falls. A handful of other aircraft types, North American AT-6 Texan trainers, some North American Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters, three Republic P-47 Thunderbolts and one Curtiss C-46 Commando transport were also ferried to Russia.
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) 3rd Battalion (General Support) 4th Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) Fort Carson, Colorado. K-16 Air Base, South Korea. Camp Humphreys, South Korea. Camp Humphreys, South Korea. CAB, 2nd Infantry Division.
Wainwright Air Station has one runway designated 3/21 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 100 feet (914 x 30 m). [1] [2] For the 12-month period ending July 12, 1977, the airport had 110 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per month: 45.5% air taxi , 45.5% general aviation , and 9% military .
Activated 16 January 1986 at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii. Relieved 16 May 1988 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System. It may at its maximum size have had up to four battalions.