Fairbanks Chamber Weekly Business Luncheon: Eielson Air Force Base Update

Senator Lisa Murkowski
 

NOTE: This luncheon will be held on MONDAY, APRIL 4 at the WESTMARK HOTEL

Colonel Michael Winkler will give an update on the Iceman Team at Eielson Air Force Base. The 354th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Eielson Air Force Base and is assigned to 11th Air Force, headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage. Eleventh Air Force falls under Pacific Air Forces, which is headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The wing supports operations, maintenance, mission support, and medical group functions and is host to ten tenant units. Their mission is to prepare U.S. and allied aviation forces for combat, to deploy Airmen in support of global operations, and to enable the staging of forces to promote US interests in the Asia-Pacific region.