Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 07/27/2005 to Admiral Gehman from Ted Stevens, Chairman on the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense thanking Admiral Gehman for his recent phone call discussing the realignment and closure recommendations that are important to Alaska.

Executive Correspondence – Letters dtd 07/27/2005 to Commissioners Gehman and Turner from Ted Stevens, Chairman on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, thanking the Commissioners for their willingness to discuss BRAC recommendations that are important to Alaska and mentioning flaws in the GAO report to the Commission

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/25/2005 to Chairman Principi and Commissioner Hansen from Ted Stevens, Chairman on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, thanking the Commissioners for their willingness to discuss BRAC recommendations that are important to Alaska and stating that the recommendation to close Eielson AFB completely ignores it’s vital strategic advantage for current and future missions and total force mobilization.

Letters from concerned citizens of Alaska to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) regarding Eielsen Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence: Letter to the Honorable Gordon England Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense from Ted Stevens (Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, subcommittee on Defense) regarding Eielson Air Force Base.

Letter from Michael M. Silva to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) which contains newspaper clippings from the Fairbanks Daily News Miner regarding Eielson Air Force Base. Silva argues in favor of closing bases if doing so is in the country's best interest, as opposed to private economic interests.

Community Correspondence - Letter concerned citizens regarding the closing of Eiselson AFB, Alaska

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 07/25/2005 to all Commissioners from Sen. William Frist discussing Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 07/25/2005 to Chairman Principi from Ted Stevens, Chairman on the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense thanking the Chairman for this recent phone call discussing the realignment and closure recommendations that are important to Alaska.

Executive Correspondence - Maj Gen Campbell, Commissioner, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, writes in regards to the preparation of BRAC Report that the commission consider several points raised by the State of Alaska.

Executive Correspondence - Letter dtd 08/05/05 to Chairman Principi from Maj Gen Craig Campbell, Commissioner of the State of Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs expressing his concerns regarding DoD’s recommendations for Kulis ANG Base, Elmendorf AFB, Galena AFS, and Eielson AFB.

Community Correspondence - Letter from Gary Olson regarding Eiselson AFB and the importance in keeping Eiselson AB open as a strategic location

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/07/05 to Chairman Principi from AK State Representative Eric Croft discussing the importance of Eielson AFB and requesting that it not be realigned.

Letter from Peter Captain Sr., 1st Chief, Louden Tribal Council to Commissioner Skinner dtd 30 Aug 2005, concerning Galena, AK.

Executive Correspondence - A follow-up letter of August 5, 2005 from Frank H. Murkowski, Governor of Alaska; Department of Military and Veterans Affairs;

Community Correspondence – Fax dtd 08/22/05 to the Commission from Merrick Peirce from Fairbanks, AK expressing his opposition to the proposed closure of Eielson AFB and the adverse effect this closure would have on the USAF’s ability to effectively operate in very cold weather, sub-arctic environments

Executive Correspondence – Fax dtd 08/22/05 to Chairman Principi from Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, Commissioner of the AK Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, discussing the adverse effects to AK should Galena AFB close.

Executive Correspondence – Fax dtd 08/22/05 to Chairman Principi from Louden Tribal Council Dean Westlake attaching a letter received by the Council from the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior discussing USAF facilities used in Galena AFB (AK) by the Service and how operations would be adversely affected were the base to be closed.

Letters from the Louden Tribal Council (AK) to BRAC dtd 2 Sep 2005 concerning Galena AFB, AK.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Alaska Governor Frank H. Murkowski expressing his concerns over the process used by the DoD to select bases for closure or realignment i.e., Kulis Air national Guard Base and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

Letters from Major General Craig E. Campbell to each member of the 2005 BRAC Commission regarding Eielson Air Force Base and the Commission's recommendation to keep facility open.

Executive Correspondence – Undated letter to BRAC Commission R&A staff member Craig Hall from Dean Westlake, Administrator of the Loudon Village Council, thanking him for his efforts researching Galena Airport Forward Operating Location.

Contains Executive Correspondence regarding Eilson AFB, AK

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/21/2005 to Commissioners General Newton and General Hill from Ted Stevens thanking them for their recent meeting to discuss the impact of Eielson AFB on joint training and readiness