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Hangar No. 1 at Ladd Field under construction in the winter of 1940-1941.
260730-D-A1402-4539.JPG Photo By: Courtesy photo

Jul 31, 2026
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - A Historic American Buildings Survey documentation photograph, reference number AK-36E-2, shows Hangar No. 1 at Ladd Field under construction in the winter of 1940-1941. A Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber, used by the U.S. Army Air Corps for cold-weather testing, is parked in the foreground. The construction of this hangar was a major undertaking and part of the strategic expansion of military infrastructure in Alaska just before the United States entered World War II. Courtesy photo from U.S. Army Historical Archives, Fort Wainwright


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