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Eielson Air Force Base officials wants to build nine radar sites around the eastern Interior for military pilots to use for training. And they’re asking for public comments on their proposal, which must be submitted by the end of next week.
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After years of site surveys and analysis, the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to begin dismantling a long-mothballed nuclear power plant at Fort Greely this summer.
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The big Army training exercise that got under way this week near Fairbanks demonstrates how the service is reorienting its Alaska-based force from one that frequently deploys to far-flung hotspots overseas to one that lives and operates in the Arctic and around the Pacific.
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The federal Bureau of Land Management is asking for public comment on the Army’s request to keep using 870,000 acres of public land around Fort Wainwright and Fort Greely for military training areas. The BLM has scheduled two public meetings next month to talk about the Army land withdrawals.
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The Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division will host its first large-scale training exercise next week on ranges around Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base. That means more than 500 Army vehicles that’ll take part in the exercise will be traveling on the Parks Highway and the northernmost stretch of the Richardson Highway over the next couple of weeks.
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NewsUpdated: F-22 jet fighters out of Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson shot down an airborne object this morning off the northern coast of Alaska. Military personnel are now working to recover debris from the object that fell onto some pack ice in an area of the Beaufort Sea.
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Three Army trucks slid off the Richardson Highway Thursday on a hill north of Shaw Creek, about 30 miles north of Delta Junction. Only minor injuries were reported, but a tanker in the convoy rolled into the ditch and leaked about 25 gallons of fuel.
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The Air Force has begun replacing Eielson Air Force Base’s aging fleet of F-16’s with upgraded models of the fighter jet. The first two of the newer jets arrived last week.
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Six F-22 fighter jets out of Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson are back home after four months flying patrols with NATO allies in central Europe. But two of the jets made an unplanned stop in Whitehorse on the way home, due to an engine problem.
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Suicides among Alaska Army soldiers dropped sharply last year, as leaders push mental health programs and move to improve both pay and facilities for military serving on the Last Frontier.
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The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to clean up PFAS-contaminated soil at Eielson Air Force Base. The chemical used in firefighting foams has been linked to serious health problems. And a longtime Alaska contamination expert is skeptical of the PFAS-cleanup technique that’ll be used at Eielson.
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NewsAlaska Air National Guard crews out of Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson rescued six snowmachine riders Monday who were stranded on a glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range near Isabel Pass, just north of Paxson.