Editing Fort Wainwright (section)

{{Short description|United States Army post in Fairbanks, Alaska}}
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| name          = Fort Wainwright
| location      = [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]<br>
near [[North Pole, Alaska]] (Yukon Training Area)<br>
near [[Delta Junction, Alaska]] (Donnelly, Black Rapids, Whistler & Gerstle Training Areas)
| image         = Aerial view of Ft Wainwright main post.png
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| type          = Army post
| built         = 1941 (as [[Ladd Field]])
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| used          = 1941–present
| controlled by = [[United States Army]]
| garrison      = [[1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division|1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team]], [[11th Airborne Division]]<br>[[United States Army Garrison Alaska]]
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Alaska]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Borough]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska|Fairbanks North Star Borough]]
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|timezone               = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaskan (AST)]]
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|postal_code            = 99703
|area_codes             = [[Area code 907|907]]
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| current_commander = [[Colonel|COL]] Jason A. Cole
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'''Fort Wainwright''' is a [[United States Army]] installation in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]. Fort Wainwright is part of the [[Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska|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 (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.<ref name=":0" /> With over 1.6 million acres of land spanning across the [[Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska|Fairbanks North Star Borough]] and [[Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska|Southeast Fairbanks]], Fort Wainwright is the largest U.S. military installation by area outside the [[contiguous United States]].