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Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson (JBER), is one of 12 Joint Bases that were created in accordance with the Base Realignment and Closure Commission's BRAC 2005 round. [5] The 673d ABW consists of four groups that operate and maintain the joint base for air sovereignty, combat training, force staging and throughput operations in support of ...
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 ...
Eareckson Air Station (IATA: SYA, ICAO: PASY), formerly Shemya Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force military airport located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. The airport was closed as an active Air Force Station on 1 July 1994.
Under the base unification procedure, which began finalization in the summer of 2010, Elmendorf AFB and Fort Richardson were consolidated as a result of decisions made by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC). The combined base is known as Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Due to the creation of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, the management and support of Wake Island Airfield and seven other geographically separated locations were moved from the 15th Wing at JBPHH to the 611th ASG at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
A joint base (JB) is a base of the armed forces of the United States utilized by multiple military services; one service hosts one or more other services as tenants on the base. In most cases, joint bases have interservice support agreements (ISSAs) to govern how the host provides services to the tenants.
The specific problem is: This entity ceased to exist and became a component of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in 2010. Any content related to events since that time belongs in that article. This article should only contain items of historical context related to its prior status as a separate installation.
In 2010, the traditional home of the Alaska ANG in Anchorage, Kulis Air National Guard Base, was closed as a result of BRAC 2005. The 176th Wing at Kulis AGB moved to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (in an area now known colloquially as Camp Kulis) in February 2011. The property thereafter reverted to ownership by the State of Alaska, which as ...