Eielson AFB: Bombers Project Power From the Last Frontier, Once Again
June 27, 2020
June 27, 2020
EIELSON AFB, Alaska, June 27 -- The U.S. Air Force (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news:
He who holds Alaska holds the world.
U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell first uttered those words in his 1935 testimony to Congress. Considered by many to be one the founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force, the World War I pilot declared what military aviators in the far north now know to be true--Alaska's strategic location is second to none.
Located in interi . . .
He who holds Alaska holds the world.
U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell first uttered those words in his 1935 testimony to Congress. Considered by many to be one the founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force, the World War I pilot declared what military aviators in the far north now know to be true--Alaska's strategic location is second to none.
Located in interi . . .