Personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that you say come on ill show you heres an air force base in alaska this is interesting that this move is taking place right now its right there at the base that the 30 fives are going to be drawing meaning the 6 teams and what else do they have that they have 169 air refueling units so its a big operation that theyre going to have theyre now whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area the 1st thing obviously to look at is russia right why well geography and history both play into this story look at how close sometimes we forget just how close russia and the United States are to each other maybe as close as any other country out there when you really zoom in and thats what i want to do i want to zoom in for you take a look at this thing that we just discovered there are 2 little weiland right here in between the edge of russia and the edge of alaska one of those islands is called the
Personnel are headed to elson air force base in alaska i want to show you exactly what were talking about we put the map up so you can see that area where alaska is and if you were close in on this a little bit you going to be able to see just what were talking about at least as far as alaska is concerned theres the air force base weve kind of blown up this area so you can see what were talking about this is where the f. 35 there are going to join the f. Sixteens that are already there or along with the 169 air refueling unit now. What is the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this day and age and in this particular area right here around alaska well the 1st thing you have to look at is russia right why well geography geography number one history number 2 so 1st of all look at just how close the territory of the Russian Federation is to the territory of the United States i mean were not talking about a lot there in fact i want to show you something i found just