The F-35s in Eielson seems to be a quite recent development though from what I can see[1][2], while the article I linked to was from 2017 when they were doing final certification tests of the "arctic landing device".

But yeah, seems like it's definitely not an issue these days.

[1]: https://www.f35.com/f35/news-and-features/north-to-the-futur...

[2]: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/01/23/the-air-force-is-swappin...