• Elmendorf follows AF lead: EO organizations merge

    Elmendorf's equal opportunity offices have followed the Air Force's lead by merging operations. The combining of the military equal opportunity and equal employment opportunity offices became official in January, although the offices have been working together in some capacity since August 2007. The

  • Arctic Warrior helps deployed base with BASH

    One of the Air Force's greatest airpower adversaries doesn't wear the uniform of another country; it wears feathers. Both deadly and expensive, aircraft accidents and mishaps caused by collisions with birds have cost the service approximately $35 million each year since 1985, according to Air Force

  • Northern Edge 2008 exercise begins May 5

    The largest military training exercise in Alaska, Northern Edge 2008, begins May 5 with roughly 5,000 U.S. active duty, national guard, and reserve component Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marine participants. Alaskan Command hosts the air-centric exercise, which will involve more than 120 Air Force,

  • Retired Airmen don uniforms once again to teach JROTC cadets

     More than 1,900 Junior ROTC instructors, who teach at 869 school units throughout the world, finished their initial instructor training here last week. Jo Alice Talley, chief of JROTC instructor management at Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools, said the newly hired instructors were

  • Study reveals activities of local bear population

    Common portrayals of bears range from the benign teddy-bear persona of Winnie the Pooh to the helpful and respected image of Smokey the Bear, from the harassed and misunderstood performing bear in "Dr. Doolittle 2" to the ferocious, man-killers in "Legends of the Fall." The truth about bears in the

  • MCAs recognized for best support program in DOD

    From chasing bears out of housing, enforcing fish and wildlife laws, to educating the public, the efforts of Elmendorf's Military Conservation Agents tend to be behind the scenes and rarely noticed ... until now. The program was recently recognized by the National Military Fish & Wildlife Agency for