JBER welcomes PACAF's command team for inside look on day-to-day operations, facilities

U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander, attends a briefing to discuss the plans for extending the flightline and enhancing the installation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 10. Schneider attended briefings with the 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing, 11th Airborne Division and the 11th Air Force command teams to discuss JBER’s mission readiness and strategies. They also visited the 3rd Munitions Squadron, the Joint Mobility Complex, the construction site of the runway extension and the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)

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JBER welcomes PACAF's command team for inside look on day-to-day operations, facilities

From left: U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander; Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, PACAF command chief master sergeant; and Lt. Col. Travis Lytton, 3rd Maintenance Group deputy commander, discuss the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing and Agile Combat Employment operations at Hangar 2 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 10. Agile Combat Employment is a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability while generating combat power. PACAF aims to expand ACE capacity with a focus on generating sorties under attack and base resiliency. Evolving the ACE program is essential to maintaining a ready, in-theater force.

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From left: Canadian Army Brig. Gen. McBride, 11th Airborne Division deputy commanding general of operations; U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander; and Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, PACAF command chief master sergeant; visit the 11th Airborne Division headquarters on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 10, for a briefing on division mission and priorities. Schneider and McCool attended briefings with the 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing, 11th Airborne, and the 11th Air Force command teams to discuss JBER’s mission readiness and strategies. They also visited the 3rd Munitions Squadron, the Joint Mobility Complex, the construction site of the runway extension and the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)

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From left: U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, PACAF command chief master sergeant; Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander; and Elizabeth Madison, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron; discuss the plans for extending the flightline and enhancing the installation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 10. Schneider and McCool attended briefings with the 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing, 11th Airborne Division and the 11th Air Force command teams to discuss JBER’s mission readiness and strategies. They also visited the 3rd Munitions Squadron, the Joint Mobility Complex, the construction site of the runway extension and the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)

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U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander, takes notes while visiting the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing to discuss Agile Combat Employment operations at Hangar 2 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 10. ACE is a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability while generating combat power. PACAF aims to expand ACE capacity with a focus on Generating Sorties Under Attack and Base Resiliency. Evolving the ACE program is essential to maintaining a ready, in-theater force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Case Cunningham, Alaskan Command, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and Eleventh Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Heath Tempel, Alaskan NORAD Region and Alaskan Command senior enlisted leader, and Eleventh Air Force command chief master sergeant, salute the plane of Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, PACAF command chief master sergeant at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 9, 2025. Schneider and McCool attended briefings with the 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing, 11th Airborne Division and the Eleventh Air Force command teams to discuss JBER’s mission readiness and strategies. They also visited the 3rd Munitions Squadron, the Joint Mobility Complex, the construction site of the runway extension, and the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)

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JBER welcomes PACAF's command team for inside look on day-to-day operations, facilities

Published April 14, 2025
By Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt
JBER Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander, attends a briefing to discuss the plans for extending the flightline and enhancing the installation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 10. Schneider attended briefings with the 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing, 11th Airborne Division and the 11th Air Force command teams to discuss JBER’s mission readiness and strategies. They also visited the 3rd Munitions Squadron, the Joint Mobility Complex, the construction site of the runway extension and the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)