Duluth mission begins for new 148th Fighter Wing commander
“This wing is on the right glidepath,” outgoing head says at Saturday change-of-command ceremony.
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“This wing is on the right glidepath,” outgoing head says at Saturday change-of-command ceremony.
Fielding the best aircraft in the world won’t matter if the Air Force can’t retain enough well-trained pilots to fly them, argue FDD’s Bradley Bowman and Maj. Brian Leitzke.
“Whoever holds Alaska, will hold the world,” Gen. Billy Mitchell famously told Congress in 1935. Today, with Russia’s military buildup in the region and China’s claims to be an Arctic nation, Mitchell’s remarks are surprisingly prescient. With the beddown of Eielson Air Force Base’s F-35 strike fighters, there is now more fifth-generation combat power in Alaska than anywhere else in the world. That is not by accident.
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During a visit Tuesday, the U.S. senator said she and other legislators helped keep the base eligible for F-35s last year. Now, the Air Force needs to be convinced Duluth is the right place for the more modern aircraft.