Eielson Air Force Base History
Aircraft operating at Eielson Air Force Base
(as of July 1998)
- 65th Fighter Squadron (1946-47; Det. 1950-1)
P-51 (1946-47); F-80 (1950-1); T-33 (1950-51)
- 375th Recon Squadron (1949-51)
B/RB/WB-29 (1949-51); C-47 (1949-51)
- 58th Weather Recon Squadron (1951-58)
WB-29 (1951-56); WB-50 (1955-58)
- 5010th Combat Support Group (1949-81)
L-20 (by 1952-60); T-33 (by 1957-81); VC/SC/C-47 (by 1952-59, 1962-69); C-123 (1965-66, 1969-71); CH/SH/HH-21 (1960-69)
- 40th Air Refueling Squadron (1959-61)
KC-97 (1959-61)
- 720th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1954-55)
F-86 (1954-55); T-33 (1954-55)
- 455th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1955)
F-86 (1955)
- Det 3, 317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (1960-69)
F-102 (1960-69); F-106 (1965-69)
- Det DC, 43 TFS, 21st Composite Wing, (1970-1982)
F-4 (1970-1982)
- Det 1, 55th Weather Recon Squadron (1960-68)
WB-47 (1960-68)
- 4157th Strategic Wing (1962-67)
KC-135 (1962-67); RC-135 (1962-67)
- 6th Strategic Recon Wing (1967-92)
KC-135 (1967-92); RC-135 (1967-92)
- Det 1, 5040th Helicopter Squadron (1969-76); Det 1, 71st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (1976-80)
HH-21 (1969-70); HH-3 (1970-80)
- 25th Tactical Air Support Squadron (1971-89)
O-2A (1971-86); OV-10 (1986-89)
- 11th Tactical Air Support Squadron (1991-93)
OA-10 (1991-93)
- 18th Fighter Squadron
A-10 (1981-91); F-16 (1991-Present)
- 355th Fighter Squadron
OA-10 (1993-Present); A-10 (1994-Present)