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Kulis Air National Guard Base


Kulis Air National Guard Base was a National Guard of the United States facility in Anchorage, Alaska. The 127-acre (51 ha) facility adjacent to and south of Ted Stevens International Airport was home to the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard until that unit moved to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (in an area now known colloquially as Camp Kulis) in February 2011. The property thereafter reverted to ownership by the State of Alaska, which as of April 2011 had not yet announced plans for the property.

History


History of Kulis Air National Guard Base by Robert M. Braley Jr., MSgt (ret)
History of Kulis Air National Guard Base by Robert M. Braley Jr., MSgt (ret)
1st Lieutenant Albert Kulis
1st Lieutenant Albert Kulis

Kulis AGB is named in honor of First Lieutenant Albert Kulis. During a training flight on 14 November 1954 a formation of three F-80Cs led by Lt. Kulis passed in formation over the Goose Bay area, on the west side of Knik Arm. His wing man watched as Lt. Kulis' fighter went into a steep, diving turn and vanished into a cloudbank. Two weeks later, wreckage belonging to the jet was found in the mud at Goose Bay, but sank before it could be recovered.

The base opened during the spring of 1955 with the 144th Fighter-Bomber Squadron. After an informal vote among squadron members, the base was named after Lt. Kulis.

Kulis served as a major center for the coordination of disaster relief in the aftermath of the March 27, 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Guard members quickly converted a base warehouse into a shelter for civilians rendered homeless by the quake with a makeshift dining hall and more than 100 beds. By midnight of that day, 97 of the beds were filled.


Kulis received a major upgrade in 1977. More than $3 million was invested in a new composite maintenance building, an aerospace ground equipment support building and a new petroleum operations facility on base.

In 1990 Kulis became host to an additional squadron, as the 176th Wing added the 210th Rescue Squadron with six HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and four HC-130s—a specialized combat search-and-rescue variant of the C-130.

Kulis would reprise this role less than six years later, when the Chena River overflowed its banks, causing a devastating flood in downtown Fairbanks in August 1967. Within five hours of the first call for assistance, the first of many C-123 Provider flights began ferrying disaster relief supplies to Fairbanks, and evacuating area residents to Anchorage. Evacuees received food, shelter and medical attention at Kulis; others were housed at the Alaska National Guard's Camp Carroll, on Fort Richardson. Over the next nine days the Kulis-based 144th Air Transportation Squadron (Medium) would fly 138 sorties with its C-123s and a C-54 Skymaster transport, carrying 2,371 people and more than 300,000 pounds (140,000 kg) of supplies.


Kulis ANG Base 2004 By Robert Braley MSGT
Kulis ANG Base 2004 By Robert Braley MSGT

Closure


In 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission listed Kulis as one of the bases recommended for closure.

In 2011, the 176th Wing vacated Kulis ANGB for new quarters on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, north of Anchorage. As noted above, the property now belongs to the State of Alaska. The state is seeking to lease the property.


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Alaska Air National Guard 30th Anniversary 1952-1982
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C-17
C-17
C-17 Globmaster III
2007-Present

hh-130n

HH-60G
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
1989 -PRESENT

CREW:
COST:


hh-130n

HC-130N
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
210th Rescue Squadron
1989 -PRESENT

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C-130H Hercules
2005120100001 C-130H Hercules

C-130H
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
1985 - 2021

CREW:
COST:


C-130A Hercules
2002052301712 C-130A Hercules

C-130E
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
1975 - 1985

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2007061309514
2002052301701 C-123J Memorial Plaque
2002052301701 C-123J Memorial Plaque
 FAIRCHILD C-123J "PROVIDER"
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
May 1960 - June 1976
CREW: 3 or 4
COST: $601,719

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DOUGLAS C-47D "SKYTRAIN"
ACFT Nickname: "GOONEY BIRD"
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
October 1957 - MAY 1960
CREW: 6
COST: $138,000


T-6G Texan
2004081000023 T-6G Texan
2001052301704

NORTH AMERICAN T-6G "TEXAN"
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
February 1953 - October 1955

CREW: 2
COST: $27,000


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LOCKEED F-80 "SHOOTING STAR"
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
February 1954 - June 1955
CREW: 1
COST: $93,456


T-33A Shooting Star
2005051704164 T-33A Shooting Star

LOCKHEED T-33A "SHOOTING STAR"
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
October 1953 - July 1957
CREW: 2
COST: $123,000


2002052301702C-T33A
2002052301702C-T33A
070613-F-7878B-09516

NORTH AMERICAN F-86E "SABRE JET"
Flown by the Alaska Air National Guard
June 1955 - July 1957
CREW: 1
COST: $178,000


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