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    The Alaskan Air Command (AAC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command originally established in 1942 under the United States Army Air Forces...
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    for operations in and around the State of Alaska. Alaskan Command is charged with maintaining air sovereignty, deploying forces for worldwide contingencies...
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    coordinates air operations in accordance with the tasks assigned by the commander, Pacific Air Forces, and is the force provider for Alaskan Command, the Alaska...
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    Elmendorf Air Force Base after World War II. It is the home of the Headquarters, Alaskan Air Command (ALCOM), Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), Eleventh Air Force...
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    East Air Force, which used the type against various Soviet-supplied aircraft during the Korean War of the early 1950s. The Alaskan Air Command (AAC)...
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    449th in Alaska. In February 1951, the Air Force ordered Alaskan Air Command that all the remaining F-82s in the Air Force inventory would all be transferred...
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  • major commands (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force. A major command is a significant Air Force organization subordinate to Headquarters, US Air Force...
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    Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated...
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    the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and...
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    Lynwood E. Clark (category United States Air Force generals)
    American former Air Force lieutenant general who was commander of the Alaskan Air Command, with additional duty as commander of Alaskan North American...
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    Fifteenth Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), although the Yukon Sector of the Alaskan Air Command controlled its operations. At the end of the Alaskan deployment...
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    attachment to Alaskan Air Command Rescue Coordination Center) Air Rescue Service: 1 August 1989 – 1 June 1991 (continued attachment to Alaskan Air Command Rescue...
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    Alaskan Command (CINCAL). Alaskan Command: U.S. forces in Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands. CINCAL would protect Alaska and its sea and air communications...
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    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. However, it...
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    reassigned to Alaskan Air Command, 19 May 1947. Inactivated on 1 September 1947, personnel and aircraft assigned to Alaskan Air Command 449th Fighter...
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    Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21...
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    Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska). The new wing reported to Fifteenth Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), although the Yukon Sector of the Alaskan Air Command...
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    43rd Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    later became part of the Alaskan Air Command (AAC) during the Cold War. The 43d Fighter Squadron is responsible for providing air dominance training for...
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    also provided support to the Alaskan Air Command's air defense system. In 1957, with the steady decline of Alaskan Air Command forces, Headquarters, USAF...
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    Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. The Air Force, Alaska Defense Command, was replaced by the Alaskan Air Force which was activated on 15 January 1942...
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    attended radar under Alaskan Air Command's SEEK IGLOO program . It was designed to transmit aircraft tracking data via satellite to the Alaskan NORAD Regional...
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    Tactical Air Command) Lieutenant general; fighter pilot; Korean War and Vietnam War veteran; also served as commander, Alaskan Air Command (1978-1981)...
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    ANG's 176th Tactical Airlift Group at Kulis ANGB, Alaska, servicing Alaskan Air Command radar sites until it was retired on January 21, 1976, and sent to...
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    317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to Aerospace Defense Command, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated...
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  • June 1957 10th Air Division, 1 November 1959 5070th Air Defense Wing, 1 August 1960 Alaskan Air Command, 1 November 1961 531st Aircraft Control and Warning...
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    Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    Headquarters, Alaskan Command (ALCOM), Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), Joint Task Force-Alaska (JTF-AK), Eleventh Air Force (11 AF), the 673d Air Base Wing,...
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  • Carlsbad, California Airborne aircraft carrier, a type of aircraft Alaskan Air Command, a radar network American Aeronautical Corporation, a company from...
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    by the 5024th Air Base Squadron, Alaskan Air Command (AAC). It was logistically supported by the 39th Air Depot Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Its...
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    The Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force. It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis...
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    attended radar under Alaskan Air Command's SEEK IGLOO program. It was designed to transmit aircraft tracking data via satellite to the Alaskan NORAD Regional...
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