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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.
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.
Built during 1940–1941 on the site of what is now Elmendorf Air Force Base and established as the headquarters of the United States Army, Alaska (USARAK) in 1947, the post moved to its present location five miles (8.0 km) northeast of Anchorage in 1950. The post then had barracks for 500 soldiers, a rifle range, a few warehouses, a hospital ...
Eielson Air Force Base; 97th Bombardment Group, 1 December 1947 – 12 March 1948 5010th Air Base Wing (AAC base host unit), 20 April 1948 – 1 August 1960 4157th Strategic Wing, 1 July 1960 Re-designated: 6th Strategic Wing, 25 March 1967 – 9 August 1990. Elmendorf Air Force Base; 22d Air Refueling Squadron, 3 January 1956 – 2 March 1956
The 168th Air Refueling Wing is stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and flies the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker. The 168th also has taken over the missile defense mission at Clear Air Force Station with their 213th Space Warning Squadron. 176th Wing The 176th Wing operates from Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson.
The Mount Pinatubo eruption in June 1991 changed these plans and forced the wing's hasty relocation without personnel or equipment to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska on 19 December 1991, where it replaced the 21st Wing which previously was the host organization for Elemendorf. [3]
Elmendorf Air Force Base (later Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson), Alaska, 29 May 1991 ... History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917-1919. Series ...
Transferred to Alaskan Air Command, Became Elmendorf Air Force Base.The adjacent facilities were officially combined by the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission and subsequently became known as Joint Base Elmendorf - Richardson (JBER). Its mission is to support and defend U.S. interests in the Asia Pacific region and around the world by ...