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On 1 January 1994, Detachment 1, 210th RQS was activated at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to perform search and rescue for Eielson-based fighters and to perform logistical range support for the northern military ranges. In early 1995, more new HH-60 aircraft joined the 210th and the original HH-60s were transferred to other units.
10 maj 2024 · The Italian Air Force established at Eielson A.F.B. the Reparto di Volo Autonomo, or the Autonomous Flight Unit, with four different assets which deployed for the first time to Alaska. The...
Air Force and Navy bases in the Aleutians on Adak and Shemya also played a major role in the Cold War. The Air Force transferred Davis AFB on Adak to the Navy in 1950, who developed it into an anti-submarine warfare and Soviet surface ship surveillance base. By the late 1980s, there were 6,000 Navy personnel on the base.
The first Air Force unit to be assigned to Alaska, the 18th Pursuit Squadron, arrived in February 1941. The 23rd Air Base Group was assigned shortly afterward to provide base support. Other Air Force units poured into Alaska as the Japanese threat developed into World War II.
16 kwi 2024 · The Italian Air Force deploys to Eielson AFB for Red Flag – Alaska 24-1. The deployment includes six Typhoons, six F-35s, a KC-767, and a G550 CAEW, participating in a two-week,...
By the end of the 1950s, Alaska’s air defense infra-structure was well developed in scope and depth, providing early warning and interception for the territory (state in 1959) itself, for the United States, and for North America (see map).
27 mar 2021 · The Battaglione Arditi Distruttori della Regia Aeronautica (ADRA), Air Force Assault Engineer Bn, had officially been formed as part of the 1st Air Force Assault Regt on 10 December 1942, but its composition was only defined on 25 January 1943.
