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For the past 57 years, the men and women of 26-Mile Strip and Eielson AFB demonstrated an everlasting spirit of excellence whose efforts empowered the heritage and legacy of airpower in Alaska. Eielson's global engagement reflected Alaska's central place in the world for aircraft and its strategic importance to Europe, Asia, and North America, an importance Brigadier General Billy Mitchell emphasized in 1935 when he said that whoever holds Alaska will hold the world.
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Eielson AFB, Alaska · United States
