Editing Fort Wainwright (section)

==== Lend-Lease program ====
[[File:Nd A20 Final Check Kay Kennedy Collection Cir 1942 Land-Lease.jpg|thumb|[[Lend-Lease]] program final check, 1942]]

In 1942, under [[Lend-Lease]] agreements, the United States provided war planes and materials to the Soviet Union to use against Nazi Germany. Ladd Field was selected as the transfer point for Lend-Lease aircraft transiting the Alaska-Siberia (ALSIB) route. More than 7,900 aircraft were eventually delivered to Soviet pilots waiting at Ladd field who would then fly them to Nome and across Siberia to the eastern war front. To facilitate this mission, Ladd Field was transferred to the Air Transport Command (ATC) for the remainder of the war.

Under the ATC, Ladd field expanded with a new hangar and runway along with hundreds of temporary building to house the large workforce needed to support the mission. By June 1945 Ladd Field was capable of billeting 4,555 troops. Cold weather testing continued its mission as a tenant unit on Ladd. The conclusion of WWII marked the end of the Lend-Lease Program in September 1945. Military personnel left Alaska and Ladd Field was transferred from ATC back to 11th Air Force.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite book |title=Lend-Lease Operations 1942-1945 |publisher=Fort Wainwright Directorate of Public Works Cultural Resource Management Office}}</ref>