Eleventh Air Force | |
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90th Fighter Squadron Lockheed Martin F-22A Block 30 Raptor 05-4105, 3d Wing, Elmendorf AFB
F-16 Aggressors, 354th Fighter Wing, Elelson AFB, Alaska |
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Active | 15 January 1942 – present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Part of | Pacific Air Forces |
Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska |
Engagements |
World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign (1942-1943) |
Decorations |
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (2×) |
Commanders | |
Current commander |
Lieutenant General Kenneth S. Wilsbach |
Insignia | |
Emblem of the Eleventh Air Force |
517th Airlift Squadron Boeing C-17A Lot XI Globemaster III 99-0168, 3d Wing, Elmendorf AFB
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.