FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – To comply with federal law, Fort Wainwright no longer accepts state-issued identification from certain U.S. states and territories for visitor access to the installation as mandated under the REAL ID Act of 2005. State of Alaska driver licenses currently are acceptable through July 10, 2017. Visitors not in compliance will be […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A Fort Wainwright soldier died in a single vehicle accident in Fairbanks Friday, Dec. 16. Pfc. Logan Scott Cote, 19, of Austin, Texas, was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in left the road and overturned on the Johansen Expressway between Danby Street and College […]
A Wednesday afternoon plane crash took the life of a former Alaskan Senator on Fort Wainwright. Former Senator Mike Kelly was the pilot of the aircraft and the only one aboard, according to reports. Alaska State Troopers received the report of the fatal crash at the military base 17 miles southeast of Fairbanks at 1:32 […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The U. S. Army Alaska, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, will be burning piles of woody debris created this summer during hazardous fuels reduction projects on the Fort Wainwright main post and Yukon Training Area (YTA). Burning operations may start as early on Saturday, Oct. 8 […]