Tagged: Alaska aviation history

Phillips Field served Fairbanks aviation community’s needs for 40 years

Phillips Field served Fairbanks aviation community’s needs for 40 years

During Fairbanks’ post-World War II population boom, development pressure forced the relocation of the community’s airport, Weeks Field. The airport, less than a mile from downtown, moved eight miles farther away, to its present...

Ladd Field (Fort Wainwright) began life as cold-weather testing facility

Ladd Field commander’s quarters on North Post. Completed in 1941, it is one of the oldest buildings on Fort Wainwright   Ladd Field, now Fort Wainwright, began as a cold-weather testing facility. Named after...