Alaska gets $500m in base construction; most for Fairbanks

Photo by Liz RuskinCongress last week agreed to spend more than half a billion dollars on military construction projects in Alaska. Most of the projects are in Fairbanks, to prepare Eielson Air Force Base for the arrival of F-35 aircraft. The short-term spending bill Congress passed also has $155 million for a new radar system at Clear Air Force Station, and $47 million for a drone hangar at Fort Wainwright.
Jim Dodson, president of the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation, says the projec