Air Force to base two F-35 fighter squadrons at Eielson AFB in Alaska

The Air Force’s first operational overseas F-35A Lightning II fighters will call Alaska home starting in 2020. Eielson Air Force Base, just south of Fairbanks, was chosen after a lengthy analysis of the area’s operational considerations, installation attributes, environmental factors and cost, the Air Force said in a Monday statement.

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