Few details have been released but the White House press secretary says the meeting will be a “listening exercise." Meanwhile, Anchorage progressives plan protests this week.

B-2 bomber and F-35s stage an impressive flyover watched by hundreds of thousands online as Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage.A U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit

Donald Trump was en route to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, when he made a blunder which seemed to forget the state was part of the USA

President Trump is on his way to Alaska for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Air Force One took off for Anchorage shortly after 8 a.m ET. The president is expected to arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage after a roughly seven-hour flight.

Here are 12 things to know about the historic, and controversial, summit. Anchorage’s military base: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Trump landed at JBER at 10:20 a.m. Friday and Putin arrived shortly before 11 a.m. They’re scheduled to hold a news conference at the end of their summit and then fly out of Anchorage.

President Richard M. Nixon and Emperor Hirohito of Japan meet Sept. 26, 1971, in Anchorage, in the home of Gen. Robert George Ruegg, commander in chief of the Alaskan Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It was the first-ever meeting of a U.S. president and a Japanese monarch. (Anchorage Times photo)

President Trump has landed at Joint Base Andrews after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage. He didn’t make any comments as he disembarked from Air Force One and was driven away from the Maryland airbase.