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Alaska Air National Guard, 176th Wing HC-130 and C-130 Hercules aircraft fly on their way to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson from Kulis Air National Guard Base, Saturday, during the Kulis closure and “fly away” ceremony. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)
http://www.jber.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123243352
JBER welcomes Alaska Air Guard ‘home’
Posted 2/18/2011 Updated 2/18/2011
by Luke Waack
JBER PAO
2/18/2011 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson officially welcomed a major component of the Alaska Air Guard into its hangars, Saturday.
The people and aircraft of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing moved from Kulis Air National Guard base to JBER in a flying formation with hundreds of well-wishers on the ground.
The 176th Wing began it's history as the 8144th Air Base Wing in 1952, at then Elmendorf Field, with a small contingent of T-6G "Texan" trainer aircraft, according to Alaska Air Guard public affairs.
The unit moved to Kulis in 1954.
The 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission ordered the closure of Kulis as well as the joining of Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson into JBER.
The wing's five C-130 cargo planes, four HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130 Hercules aircraft flew in formation over Hangar 18 before landing at their new home airfield.