SJR 20 Summary

• Alaska Legislature urges the President, Department of Defense, and Congress to reconsider relocating the 18th F-16 Aggressor Squadron from Eielson Air Force Base

• Eielson Air Force Base employs approximately 2,500 military personnel and has an annual economic impact of approximately $252,000,000 in Interior Alaska

• The base provides strategic military capabilities including enabling jet fighters to reach 95 percent of the industrial world within nine hours and supports Pacific theater operations with KC-135 tankers

• Eielson Air Force Base has access to the largest unrestricted airspace in the United States, the largest joint air and land training range, and infrastructure for live fire exercises and unmanned aerial vehicle operations

• Resolution directs copies be sent to federal leadership including the President, Vice-President, Secretary of Defense, and Alaska's congressional delegation