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Land was acquired to build a major airfield a half mile from the old airfield site. The new airfield, Palm Springs Army Airfield, [7] was completed in early 1942, and the old air field was then used only as a backup. [8] Many of the field's Air Transport Command 560th Army Air Forces Base Unit personnel stayed at the comfortable Lapaz Guest ...
On 1 April 1948, the Eielson Air Force Base Wing (Base Complement) was formed. The host-unit subsequently would be dubbed the Eielson Air force Base Bomb Wing, and finally, in January 1949, the 5010th Wing. Colonel John L. Nedwed, the third commander of the base since it fell under Alaskan Air Command fifteen months before, became the first to ...
HQ 354 TFW (Advanced), Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 14 October 1972 – 18 May 1974 HQ 354 TFW (Provisional), King Fahd International Airport, Saudi Arabia, 15 August 1990 – 25 March 1991. Eielson AFB, Alaska (20 August 1993 – present)
11th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102 [note 5]. The group was redesignated the 343d Fighter Group (Air Defense) and activated at Duluth International Airport [1] in August 1955, replacing the 515th Air Defense Group [12] and assuming the 515th's personnel and equipment as part of Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units ...
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The original airfield near Palm Springs became a staging area for the Air Corps Ferrying Command's 21st Ferrying Group in November 1941 and a new airfield was built 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.8 km) from the old site. The new airfield, [63]: 43 designated Palm Springs Army Airfield, [64] was completed in early 1942. Personnel from the Air Transport Command ...
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, c. 25 July 1951 – c. 19 November 1951; Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base, France, November 1951; Laon-Couvron Air Base, France, c. 25 May 1952 – 1 January 1953; O’Hare International Airport, Illinois, c. 1 May 1953 – 31 May 1958; Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 1 October 1986 – present [28]
25th Tactical Air Support Squadron O-2A at Eielson AFB OV-10 Bronco firing White phosphorus. The squadron was again activated in July 1971 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, as the 25th Tactical Air Support Squadron and equipped with the Cessna O-2 Skymaster. [6] [7] In 1986 the 25th upgraded to the North American OV-10 Bronco, 1986–1989. [6]