USAF's 55th Wing establishes permanent RC-135 detachment in Alaska

The USAF’s 55th Wing has announced the activation of the 55th Operations Group Detachment 1 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. While intended to be a small unit with no permanently assigned aircraft, it is said that this geographically separated division of the 55th Operations Group, headquartered at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, will provide Air Combat Command with an additional strategic launch and recovery point for RC-135 operations in the Indo-Pacific. In recent years, the sole dedicated RC-135 operating location in the