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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      New active component added to Air National Guard KC-135 at Eielson AFBPublished March 19, 2021
                    
                    
                    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
            **WASHINGTON (AFNS) --**The Department of the Air Force plans to increase the size of its existing Air National Guard **KC-135 Stratotanker** squadron at **Eielson Air Force Base**, Alaska, by adding an active-duty component to the unit.
The department plans to add four additional KC-135s and up to 220 additional active duty personnel making it a total force unit and increasing the squadron’s total KC-135 aircraft to 12. The personnel will be reassigned from within the Air Force.
The expansion of the tanker force in Alaska supports the **2019 Department of Defense Arctic Strategy** by addressing the new and emerging threats in the Asia-Pacific region.
The strategy outlines the department’s role and efforts to optimize Air and Space Force capabilities throughout the region in support of the **National Defense Strategy** by defending the homeland, competing when necessary to maintain favorable regional balances of power, and ensuring common domains remain free and open.
The first aircraft is scheduled to arrive in fiscal year 2023, pending the outcome of the required environmental impact analysis.AFWN 



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