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11th Air Force

Eleventh Air Force
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90th Fighter Squadron Lockheed Martin F-22A Block 30 Raptor 05-4105, 3d Wing, Elmendorf AFB


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517th Airlift Squadron Boeing C-17A Lot XI Globemaster III 99-0168, 3d Wing, Elmendorf AFB
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F-16 Aggressors, 354th Fighter Wing, Elelson AFB, Alaska
Active 15 January 1942 – present
Country  United States
Branch Flag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Part of Pacific Air Forces.png  Pacific Air Forces
Garrison/HQ Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska
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World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign (1942-1943)
Decorations Air Force Organizational Excellence Award Streamer.png
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (2×)
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant General Kenneth S. Wilsbach
Insignia
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517th Airlift Squadron Boeing C-17A Lot XI Globemaster III 99-0168, 3d Wing, Elmendorf AFB
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The Eleventh Air Force (11 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.

11 AF plans, conducts, controls and 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 North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and other unified commanders.

Established on 28 December 1941 as the Alaskan Air Force at Elmendorf Field, Alaska Territory. 11 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the American Theater of World War II, providing air defense of Alaska and engaging in combat operations primarily in the Aleutian Islands and Northern Pacific during the Aleutian Islands Campaign.


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