Fort Wainwright

Fort Wainwright
Fairbanks, Alaska near North Pole, Alaska (Yukon Training Area) near Delta Junction, Alaska (Donnelly, Black Rapids, Whistler & Gerstle Training Areas)
Aerial view of main post
Type	Army post
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army
Site history
Built	1941 (as Ladd Field)
In use	1941–present
Garrison information
Current commander	COL Jason A. Cole
Garrison	1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division United States Army Garrison Alaska
Military Installation in Alaska, United States
Military Installation
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Coordinates: 64°49′40″N 147°38′34″W / 64.82778°N 147.64278°W / 64.82778; -147.64278
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Fairbanks North Star Borough
Area
• Total	~2,500 sq mi (~6,475 km2)
Population
• Total	~15,000
Time zone	UTC−8 (Alaskan (AST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−9 (AKST)
ZIP Code	99703
Area codes	907

Fort Wainwright is a United States Army installation in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fort Wainwright is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the coterminous Fairbanks Metropolitan Statistical Area. The installation is managed by U.S. Army Garrison Alaska (USAG Alaska) and the senior command is 11th Airborne Division. Fort Wainwright was formerly known as Ladd Field (1939–1945) and Ladd Air Force Base (1947–1961); it was renamed Fort Wainwright in honor of General Jonathan M. Wainwright, a Medal of Honor recipient for his courageous leadership as commander of U.S. forces during the fall of the Philippines in World War II. Ladd Field was designated as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) on 4 February 1985 and Ladd Air Force Base was designated as Ladd Air Force Base Cold War District and was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on the same day.^[1] With over 1.6 million acres of land spanning across the Fairbanks North Star Borough and Southeast Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright is the largest U.S. military installation by area outside the contiguous United States.