• Exercise Northern Edge 15 hones interoperability during joint exercise

    Over 6,000 U.S. service members and 200 aircraft from across the continental United States and Asian-Pacific converged upon Alaska for Exercise Northern Edge 2015, June 15-26.Northern Edge, a biannual Pacific Command contingency exercise, seeks to replicate the most challenging scenarios in the

  • POL keeps planes in the air during Exercise Northern Edge

    Over the course of the two-week-long exercise, known as Northern Edge 15 participants practiced tactics, techniques and procedures in vast Alaskan training ranges. The designated areas include a 42,000 square nautical miles in the Gulf of Alaska, 65,000 square miles of airspace and nearly 2,500

  • NORTHERN EDGE 15 provides prime environment for testing new capabilities

    With 18 experiments and initiatives undergoing field testing in Alaskan training ranges throughout Exercise Northern Edge 15, no other venue is as well suited for high-end operational testing."Northern Edge airspace is unique for us in a testing environment because it has a lot of joint players and

  • Summer weather can be unpredictable in Alaska

    As the weather gets warm, service members and families are taking full advantage of the Alaskan summer.The summer in Alaska can be unpredictable - this summer has been hotter than some other states - everybody must be mindful of the heat."In Alaska, we're used to dealing with very severe winter

  • Anchorage area first responders engage in friendly competition

    First responders from throughout the Anchorage area gathered Saturday to participate in the 2015 Hero Games in downtown Anchorage.Service members from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson competed against other teams in trials of strength, agility and precision while crowds of community members, families

  • Next generation fighter technologies tested during Alaska military exercise

    The past meets the future when a distinctive looking aircraft with the nose and electronics of an F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter and the body of a 1960's passenger jet participates in one of the U.S. military's largest electronic warfare exercises.A modified BAC 1-11 serves as a flying test

  • Northern Edge 15 provides 673rd's firefighters essential training

    U.S. Air Force firefighters with 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron, Civil Engineer participated in crash fire exercise during Exercise Northern Edge 2015, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 15-26.Exercise Northern Edge 2015 is an Alaskan command hosted exercise and one of Alaska's biggest