Eleventh Air Force
Established on 28 December 1941 as the Alaskan Air Force at Elmendorf Field, Alaska Territory. 11 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the American Theater of World War II, providing air defense of Alaska and engaging in combat operations primarily in the Aleutian Islands and Northern Pacific during the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
Eighteenth Air Force
18 AF was reactivated on 1 October 2003 as part of an overall AMC reorganization to improve air mobility support to warfighters.
Born from the consolidation of AMC's 15th and 21st Air Forces under the leadership of Maj Gen Bill Essex , AMC'S Director of Plans and Programs, the command had a modest restart. By the time Lt Gen William Welser III was finally confirmed as commander a mere two months after reactivation, the 18 AF headquarters staff numbered 30 (of which more than half was the legal office).