Trump Waited on Air Force 1 for Putin’s Landing in Alaska
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Alaska and Russia’s histories are intertwined, nowhere more so than at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, long used for monitoring Soviet threats.
Putin was greeted by a B-2 bomber, as well as F-35 jets as he arrived at the base, while the aircraft conducted a flyover as Trump greeted the Russian leader on the tarmac.
Inside the remote Alaska base where Trump and Putin will negotiate over peace in Ukraine - Leaders will meet in Anchorage facility home to some 32,000 people
President Richard M. Nixon and Emperor Hirohito of Japan meet Sept. 26, 1971, in Anchorage, in the home of Gen. Robert George Ruegg, commander in chief of the Alaskan Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It was the first-ever meeting of a U.S. president and a Japanese monarch. (Anchorage Times photo)
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. The U.S. military location, whose selection two White House officials revealed to CNN,
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American officials quickly discovered a major snag in planning for the summit: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host the two world leaders were severely limited.
U.S. military and U.S. Coast Guard personnel are conducting coordinated training exercises in Nome and the surrounding waters through Friday. It’s part of a statewide exercise called Arctic Edge, which is in its fifth year operating out of Alaska.