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Air Force increases tanker capability at Eielson AFB

Published Dec. 13, 2024
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force has made a final decision to increase the size of its existing Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, by adding an active duty component.

The department plans to add four additional KC-135s and additional active duty personnel, making it a Total Force unit and increasing the squadron's total KC-135 aircraft to 12, with the first of the four aircraft already assigned and in place at Eielson AFB.

The service determined that adding four KC-135s and establishing an active association at Eielson AFB would be the most efficient and cost-effective way to put an active duty presence at Eielson AFB's tanker unit which will help balance day-to-day operations with the contingency capabilities inherent in the Total Force.



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