Meanwhile, while speaking to troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, United States President Donald Trump said: " US-backed forces in Syria have retaken 100 per cent of the territory once held by Caliphate and ISIL." Syria to announce 'complete victory' over ISIL, says SDF chief Whil...
Alaska. It is the largest US base in Alaska and the hub of a network of bases in the area that includes Fort Greeley and Fort Wainwright. The base is home to the US Army Law Enforcement Command, the 50th Signal Battalion […]
Clear Air Force Station (Clear AFS) is located 8km south of Anderson in east central Alaska, US. It is operated by the 213th Space Warning Squadron of the Alaska Air National Guard. The primary purpose of the station is to provide surveillance and tracking of intercontinental ballistic missile...
Fort Richardson was built at the same time, in 1940, but its history is not that rich. After the merge, the new camp is run by the Air Force, therefore all the civilian employees of these two camps are now Air Force employees. The base was marked by three major plane crash accidents ...
Eielson died on November 9th 1929 in the crash of his single-engine Hamilton airplane during an attempt to rescue crewmen of the icebound US fur trading schooner Nanuk, off the Siberian North Cape.Date current name was assigned to base: January 13, 1948...
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From 1884 to 1912 it was a possession headed by a governor, and in 1912 it became a US territory. Since 1958 it has been a state of the USA. There are many airfields and air force and naval bases in Alaska. Economy The economic base of Alaska—fishing, fish processing, fur trapping...
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AlaskaGround waterHydrocarbonsAir force facilitiesSite investigationsBiodegradationFuel contaminationManualsBiodeteriorationThis manual provides a single source reference on the operation and maintenance of the Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) Site 48 Treatability Study system. The Treatability Study investigates the...
Alaska Command established; first unified command of the US staffed by Army, Air Force, and Navy officers. First Alaska Native land claims suit, filed by Tlingit and Haida people, introduced in US Court of Claims. 1948 - Alaskans vote to abolish fish traps by a 10 to 1 margin.1953 ...