Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Elmendorf Field was a United States Air Force base (AFB) established in June 1940 in Anchorage, Alaska. In November 1940, it was designated Fort Richardson. The field was vital as the main air logistics center and staging area during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II and later as air operations against the Kurile Islands. After World War II, the Army moved its operations to the new Fort Richardson and the United States Air Force renamed Fort Richardson, popularly called Elmendorf Field, and renamed it Elmendorf Air Force Base. It continued to be used throughout the Cold War era and Vietnam War. In the 1990s, Elmendorf AFB was also an alternative landing point for the Space Shuttle. In 2010 it became Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and is an active military base.
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Merle M. Coons Fighter Ace Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1284
Abstract
Colonel Merle Coons (1921-1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot, earning ace status during World War II. The collection is a subset of the American Fighter Aces Collection and includes primarily textual materials, such as military orders and records, flight records and a log book, and a scrapbook, as well as a photograph album and a small amount of loose photographs.