Editing Eielson Air Force Base (section)

===354th Fighter Wing===
{{Main|354th Fighter Wing}}

{{See also|354th Operations Group}}

[[File:354th-fw-headquarters-eielson.jpg|thumb|354th Fighter Wing Headquarters building|alt=|left]]

On 20 August 1993, the 354 FW replaced the 343d Wing. No personnel or equipment were affected by the change. Prior to its shutdown, the 343d was the oldest surviving air combat unit in Alaska with a lineage dating back to the [[Aleutian Islands campaign|Aleutian Campaign]]. The 18 FS, whose history also dated back to [[World War II]], remained active, but the 355 FS replaced the 11th TASS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themilitarystandard.com/afb/ak/eielson.php|access-date=26 January 2020|title=Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814063801/http://www.themilitarystandard.com/afb/ak/eielson.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another change involved the 3rd Fighter Training Squadron, which was replaced by the 353rd Fighter Squadron (later redesignated as a Combat Training Squadron).

Within the first year of its arrival the 354 FW hosted an Arctic [[combat search and rescue]] exercise between the United States, Canada, and Russia. Ironically, these were the same countries that took part in the search and recovery efforts that followed the fatal crash of Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic, Earl Borland, in 1930 as they were attempting to fly relief supplies to the ''[[Nanuk (ship)|Nanuk]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alaska.edu/uajourney/notable-people/fairbanks/carl-ben-eielson/|access-date=25 January 2020|title=The following story was reprinted from the June 30, 1930 edition of Farthest North Collegian.|archive-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125095843/https://www.alaska.edu/uajourney/notable-people/fairbanks/carl-ben-eielson/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 343d FW [[3d Flying Training Squadron|3d Fighter Training Squadron]] was replaced by the 353d Fighter Training Squadron from the 354th FW. The 3d Fighter Training Squadron had its origins with the 3d Tactical Fighter Squadron at [[Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base]], Thailand, being formed in March 1973. The 3d TFS received its [[LTV A-7 Corsair II|A-7D Corsair II]] aircraft from the then deployed 353d Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, deployed to Korat from [[Myrtle Beach Air Force Base]], [[South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/support/wall-of-honor/robert-g-hedgepeth|access-date=4 January 2020|title=Robert G. Hedgepeth|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126095812/https://airandspace.si.edu/support/wall-of-honor/robert-g-hedgepeth|url-status=live}}</ref>