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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.
The squadron trains, equips, and deploys Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) members, air liaison officers, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, and air mobility liaison officers to support commanders of the 11th Airborne Division (previously United States Army Alaska) and its 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was originally called Fairbanks Air Base , but was renamed Ladd Field on 1 December 1939, [ 4 ] in honor of Major Arthur K. Ladd , a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps who died in a plane crash near Dale, South ...
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 ...
56th Stryker Brigade, 55th Armor Brigade Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Pennsylvania ANG. 165th Air Support Operations Squadron. Garden City, Georgia. 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Georgia Army National Guard, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Florida Army National Guard, 29th Infantry Division.
Northern Warfare Training Center. The United States Army Northern Warfare Training Center (NWTC) is the name of a United States Army Alaska (USARAK) special skills training unit and facility located in Black Rapids, Alaska, managed out of Fort Wainwright. It is the Active Army's only cold region training proponent.
The planned activation of two additional light infantry battalions for the division, one at Fort Richardson in October 1988, and one at Fort Wainwright in May 1989, was cancelled with the Fiscal Year 1988 budget. [9] To round-out the division the 6th Battalion, 297th Infantry, of the Alaska Army National Guard was activated on 1 September 1989 ...
Chamberlain. [citation needed] In 1969 The 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion was commanded by LTC. Patrick John O'Grady. This report for the period 1 May through 31 July 1969 is submitted in compliance with AR 525-15 USARPAC Reg 525-15, US.JIV Reg 525-15 and 17th Aviation Group (Combat) Reg 525-15.