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The Air Force transferred Ladd to the Army on 1 January 1961, and the installation was renamed Fort Wainwright after WWII General, Jonathan M. Wainwright. In 1963, the 171st Infantry Brigade (mechanized) was activated at Fort Wainwright to defend Eielson AFB.
Ladd Army Airfield, about 1943 Emblem of the 5001st Air Base Group, Ladd AFB 1947-1959 Ladd AFB organizational chart, 1952. Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Mile 26 Satellite Field (now Eielson AFB), 1945. On 7 June 1943, the Western Defense Command ordered construction of a new airfield near present-day Fort Wainwright, then a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) airfield named after Major Arthur K. Ladd. [11]
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Fort Wainwright, Alaska: 11th Airborne Division [1] Active 4th Air Support Operations Squadron: Various locations across Eastern Europe: Various deployed units: Active 5th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Lewis, Washington: 2d Infantry Division: Active 7th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Bliss ...
3rd Air Support Operations Squadron emblem (approved 28 October 1981) [1 Military unit The 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit of the United States Air Force , located at Fort Wainwright , Alaska.
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. [8]
AK8570028649: Elmendorf Air Force Base: Anchorage: Soil and shallow groundwater beneath the various landfills, fuel storage facilities, training areas, and maintenance hangars located on base have been contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons and other fuel contaminants, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides ...
Transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command, 1945. In 1961 it was transferred to the Army and re-designated Fort Wainwright in honor of World War II general Jonathan Wainwright. From 1963 to 1972 it was home to the 171st Infantry Brigade, mechanized until 1969, then light.