• Airman's first and last great race

    “I really couldn’t do the Iditarod any other year,” said an Air Force lieutenant colonel born in California and raised in Birkenhead, England.Lt. Col. Roger Lee has trained for the past three years, taking leave and flying to Alaska from his past duty locations to complete the qualifiers and sign up

  • Hercules Farewell

    On the bright, chilly morning of March 5, a small crowd of onlookers and well-wishers listened to the sound of the Alaska Air National Guard's C-130H Hercules turboprops recede into the distance for the last time.The wing's divesture of the last of the 144th Airlift Squadron's C-130s marks a sea

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts March 4

    All are invited to cheer on mushers as they are propelled on canine-powered sleds at the ceremonial start to the 45th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, at 10 a.m. March 4. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:30 at the corner of 4th Ave. and D Street.For 11 miles, more than 1,150 dogs will pull 72

  • Heavy weapons paratroopers conduct machine gun live-fire training

    Paratroopers assigned to Dog Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and Delaware Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct machine gun live-fire training at Grezelka

  • Heads-up! March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

    March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, personnel from the Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at the JBER hospital will be visiting various locations to increase awareness of TBIs, ensuring people know the signs and symptoms, and know how and where to get help. A TBI

  • What to do during Spring Break?

    In a couple of weeks, children will take a one-week break from school. Students from kindergarten to high school will officially have spring break March 13 -17.   The JBER youth centers will provide a wide variety of activities for children to get involved in. The Kennecott and Two Rivers Youth

  • Weapons Airmen prep jets for combat

    Weapons Airmen flew to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to support 15 Eagles from the 67th Fighter Squadron for this year’s iteration of Cope North. The exercise includes a total of 22 flying units comprised of members from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, U.S. Navy, Air

  • PACAF, U.S. Navy Conduct Joint Interoperability Training

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- A four-member team from the 613th Air Operations Center here, joined the crew of the USS Carl Vinson as it was underway transiting the U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility.The team, led by Col. Doug Rice, 613th AOC Chief of Combat Plans Division,