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Carson Jeney/354th Fighter Wing/DigitalAn F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base back in January because water-contaminated hydraulic fluid caused an ice buildup in the plane’s landing gear. That’s the conclusion of a panel of experts who compiled a report on the crash that was issued Tuesday by Eielson’s higher headquarters, the Pacific Air Forces. -
www.TWZ.comUPDATE: The North American Air Defense Command, or NORAD, detected and tracked Russian military surveillance planes on Wednesday and Thursday that were flying through international airspace off the coast of Alaska.
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The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it detected and tracked Russian warplanes flying in international airspace Tuesday off the coast of Alaska. -
Aircraft maintenance crews from Alaska and South Korea have repaired a U.S. F-16 fighter jet that made an emergency landing last week on a remote island in the Bering Sea. The jet flew out of St. Paul Island Thursday en route to Eielson Air Force Base. -
Air Force investigators released a report Tuesday on what caused the pilot of Eielson-based F-16 fighter jet to declare an in-flight emergency shortly after takeoff last year. -
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, scrambled U.S. and Canadian fighter jets last week to accompany a formation of Russian aircraft flying through international airspace off the coasts of Alaska and Canada. -
The North American Aerospace Defense Command detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft Tuesday as they passed through international airspace off Alaska’s coasts. -
For the fourth time in five days, Russian aircraft have flown through international airspace off Alaska’s coast. -
Investigators looking into the cause of a fatal plane crash last month near McGrath have recovered the wreckage and will soon begin examining it for evidence of mechanical problems. -
The North American Aerospace Defense Command tracked and intercepted two Russian military aircraft Wednesday in international airspace near Alaska. -
Search and Rescue personnel are still catching up after a long holiday weekend that included three plane crashes, one of which claimed the life of Cary Foster, an Anchorage pilot and hunting guide. -
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks last month. The agency says tests show the fire consumed nearly all of the 4,700 gallons of fuel on board.
