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Air Force builds up Alaskan F-35 fleet in ‘great power competition’ Arctic pivot

April 5, 2021

April 2021 marks one year since the Air Force’s first two F-35A Lightning II advanced stealth fighters arrived at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Twenty-five of the Air Force’s fifth-generation fighters…

Check out these amazing photos of F-22s and F-16s flying over Alaska

April 29, 2020

By The Aviationist

On July 18, 2019, F-22 Raptors assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron from Eielson Air Force Base teamed up for a training flight over the J…

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