• AFSA mentors Airmen, develops relationships

    On March 10, the United Service Organization building nestled in the middle of the Air Force dormitories found itself covered in several feet of snow in the bitter Alaska winter. Inside was an oasis from the cold – and it smelled like bacon.The Air Force Sergeant’s Association chapter on Joint Base

  • Sending a dependent to school? You could get free travel

    The Air Force offers free airfare for spouses and dependents attending college in the Lower 48 through the Student Dependent Travel.The spring college semester ends in May for most colleges, which means now is the time to file for student dependent travel.“If someone has command-sponsored dependents

  • Buckner gym hosts intramural basketball championship

    Soldiers compete in the intramural basketball championship at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Buckner Physical Fitness Center, Alaska, March 11, 2017. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, took first

  • JBER celebrates 75 years of Air Force Aid

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson continues the 75-year old Air Force Aid Society tradition of Airmen helping Airmen and educating America’s future leaders.

  • UAA Cadet Shadows 525 Maintenance Officer

    A University of Anchorage Alaska ROTC cadet got a day-in-the-life experience as a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson maintenance officer March 1, 2017. UAA cadet William Bryce Carpenter shadowed Air Force 1st Lt. Jonathan Quinlan, assistant officer in charge of the 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, to

  • 773d LRS vehicle operators accelerate the mission

    When an F-22 Raptor went down in unpopulated Alaska territory in November 2010, Soldiers and Airmen from the newly formed Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson amassed, and in an almost instantaneous assault, ventured into the white void to secure the downed aircraft and pilot.Vehicle operators of the

  • Behind Yukla 27 Memorial

    “I was on my way to Elmendorf when I saw a big plume of smoke. As I got to the base entrance, I was immediately turned around due to the base being on high alert.”Donald Cutler, a journeyman cement mason, was driving down the Glenn Highway on his way to his construction job inside Elmendorf when he

  • Crew chiefs most important role

    Airmen from the 3rd Wing and Alaska Air National Guard were recognized as a dedicated crew chiefs, assistant dedicated crew chief and flying crew chiefs, in a ceremony March 9, 2017 at Hangar 21 East.During the ceremony, the emcee stated the event formally appoints and recognizes those selected to

  • Deployed Spouses Program assists those who serve

    For more than five years, Aurora Military Housing staff at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson have supported the spouses of deployed service members with the Deployed Spouses Program.The program, designed for spouses of active duty service members who are deployed or on a temporary duty assignment for

  • 673d AMDS supports 4/25 IBCT FTX

    Two Air Force staff sergeants from the 673d Aerospace Medical Squadron went above and beyond their duties during the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division’s Operation Spartan Cerberus in October 2016.