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The Fighter Interceptor Squadron designation, last used during the Cold War, underscores the unit’s renewed focus on the air defense mission.
Typhoon Mawar’s impact, which included structural damage and disruptions to communications and utilities, mirrored the potential effects of a military attack on Andersen Air Force Base, Brig. Gen. Paul Fast said before relinquishing command of the 36th Wing to Brig. Gen. Thomas Palenske.
"The nation is depending on this wing." — Lt. Gen. David Nahom
Available housing is scarce in Fairbanks for Air Force and Army personnel, and the Coast Guard is building or planning new housing in some coastal communities.
Military branches need more housing, especially in the Fairbanks area, where low availibilty is affecting exercises, lawmakers were told.