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    "body_md": "The Air Force plans to spend nearly $7 billion rebuilding Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage over the next decade, under a program the service calls Fightertown Recapitalization. The work covers hangars, dormitories, airfield infrastructure, taxiways, aprons, utility extensions, flight simulators, warehouses, and munitions and fuel storage.\n\nConstruction is expected to start in summer 2027 and run through 2035. The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the defense bill includes about $2.6 billion for Alaska military construction, with roughly $2.066 billion of that aimed at Fightertown at JBER.\n\nSen. Dan Sullivan called the spending historic and said the Air Force would not recapitalize JBER at that scale unless it planned to bring additional aircraft and personnel to Alaska. The specific missions tied to that buildup remain classified.\n\nAnchorage's mayor has a resolution calling housing essential to keeping the local economy stable as the base prepares for the decade-long rebuild.",
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