Keeping aircraft operationally ready for Exercise Northern Edge

Services conduct training missions during Northern Edge 15

Bulldogs bring intimidation to the joint fight during Exercise Northern Edge 15

Its wide muzzle, short black broad nose with large nostrils and deep set dark eyes grimace intimidation across the patch on the right shoulder of the pilot boarding his aircraft while preparing to engage an enemy in the joint interoperability environment that is Northern Edge 2015.The intimidation

Alaska's military continues Operation Colony Glacier support

Aboard an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the team breaks through the clouds and acquires the first glimpse of the beauty Alaskan glaciers offer. For many miles all that is seen is ice 50 to 100 feet high with crevasses highlighted in a light bluish color. Upon landing on the

COLA to be reduced in Anchorage

Starting August 16, 2015, all Department of Defense military personnel in the Anchorage area will see a decrease in Cost-of-Living Allowance pay.A 45-day information campaign window has been given to notify all affected personnel and allow time to financially prepare for the decrease.It was recently

Army, Air Force join forces to seize airfield during Exercise Northern Edge 15

JBER responds to Alaska wildfires

Firefighters from the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron departed Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson June 14 to assist the Division of Forestry's efforts in containing the Sockeye wildfire near Willow.The fire is currently estimated to cover more than 7,000 acres of land and was considered the number-one

Building barriers, aircraft arresting system protects planes, pilots

The Air Force has a long history of breaking barriers. The Tuskegee Airmen broke the race barrier, Brig. Gen. retired Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, and then-Col. Robin Olds broke the mustache barrier.However, there are some Airmen whose mission is to build barriers, not break them.They build

192nd Fighter Wing participates in Exercise Northern Edge

Guardsmen head to Ulaanbaatar for Exercise Khaan Quest

About 80 service members from the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Army Alaska's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, departed here aboard two Alaska Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft bound for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday.The service members will join efforts with approximately 1,200