The F-35s are assigned to Eielson Air Force Base squadrons — the 355th Fighter Squadron and the 356th Fighter Squadron. Townsend also asked motorists along the Richardson Highway, which runs adjacent ...

Eielson Air Force Base is one of the most important US military installations in Alaska and one of the two top fighter jet bases. F-35 Lightning IIs are based at Eielson (with the 355th and 356th ...

Its host unit is the 354th Fighter Wing, and the base is projected to eventually have 54 F-35s assigned to the base (the first arrived in 2020). The 355th Fighter Squadron and the 356th Fighter ...