March 1948 5010th Air Base Wing (AAC base host unit), 20 April 1948 – 1 August 1960 4157th Strategic Wing, 1 July 1960 Re-designated: 6th Strategic Wing, 25 March 1967 – 9 August 1990 Elmendorf Air Force Base 22d Air Refueling Squadron, 3 January 1956 – 2 March 1956 4158th Strategic Wing, 1 July 1960 – 25 June 1966 Ladd Army Airfield (later AFB) 46th/72d Reconnaissance Squadron, 13 August 1947 – 28 June 1949 375th Reconnaissance Squadron, 15 October 1947 Transferred to: Shemya AFB, 13 October 1947 – 15 May 1949 Transferred to: Eielson AFB, 6 March 1949 – 21 February 1947 Operational Bases All transferred to Eleventh Air Force, 9 August 1990 Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eielson Air Force Base, Shemya Air Force Base, Galena Airport, Former Galena Army Airfield (AFB), Closed 1948; Operated as Forward Operating Base for air defense interceptors King Salmon Airport, Former Naknek Army Airfield (AFB), Closed 1948; Operated as Forward Operating Base for air defense interceptors Kulis Air National Guard Base, Co-located at Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage Inactive Bases Amchitka Air Force Base, Transferred to Strategic Air Command, July 1947 Closed 1950; now abandoned. Big Delta Air Force Base, Transferred to Strategic Air Command, July 1947 Closed 1948; Transferred to United States Army, now Fort Greely Cape Air Force Base, Former Fort Glenn Army Airfield, Closed December 1950. Davis Air Force Base, Closed 1950; Transferred to United States Navy as Naval Air Station Adak Ladd Air Force Base, Closed 1961; Transferred to United States Army, now Fort Wainwright Marks Air Force Base, Former Marks Army Airfield (AFB), Closed 1950; Operated as Forward Operating Base for air defense interceptors until 1956; now Nome Airport Nenana Air Force Base, Construction begun 1948 for Strategic Air Command, abandoned due to unsuitability of site. Later Clear AF Auxiliary Field. Clear AFS is on part of the site; Now Nenana Municipal Airport Point Spencer Air Force Base, Closed 1948; now Port Clarence Coast Guard Station Thornbrough Air Force Base, Former Fort Randall Army Airfield, Closed 1953; now Cold Bay Airport Walseth Air Force Base, Was: Seward Naval Air Auxiliary Field; Transferred to AAC 1945; Closed 1948; now Seward Airport Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) radar stations In 1950 contracts were awarded for the construction of interior ground control and intercept radar sites and work was started shortly afterwards on the Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) system. Bethel, Middleton