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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 (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 ...
Fort Wainwright, previously named ... First Family Statue near Visitor Center, Fairbanks, Alaska. ... Mean monthly sunshine hours: 54 120 224 302 319 334 274 164
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 ...
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.
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]
Now slated to open in the spring. Oct. 24—In less than a year, people could be enjoying a cold beverage while listening to music and photographing neon signs at the Route 66 Visitor Center ...
February 4, 1985 [2] Coast Guard Base Kodiak is a major shore installation of the United States Coast Guard, located in Kodiak, Alaska. The largest tenant unit on the base is Air Station Kodiak. It is also the home port for several cutters. Historic elements that it includes are the Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Fort Greely, and Fort Abercrombie.