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  • Northern Strike 2018

    “Each year, the training opportunities provided by Northern Strike get better and better,” said Col. John Miner, Alpena CRTC commander. “From all four Department of Defense components to our coalition partners, we've not seen another exercise that combines the multi-spectrum, multi-domain, and joint

  • Who was Phelps Collins?

    The airfield at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, as well as the conference center building at the base, are named for a prominent son of Alpena who was an early American combat pilot.William Collins, Phelps’ father, was the president of the Alpena Manufacturing Company, which produced an