• Rendering courtesy and honors to the FLAG

    Why did those Airmen stop on the way out of the gym? Why is traffic backing up? Is that a Soldier standing outside his vehicle? Customs and courtesies during the daily sounding of reveille and retreat differ slightly between the Air Force and Army on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.The music, played

  • Alaska Reservist reaches 1,000 F-22 flight hours

    Maj. Chad Newkirk, a Reserve F-22 pilot assigned to the 477th Fighter Group, is the eleventh pilot in Air Force history and fourth pilot in the 477th FG to reach 1,000 flight hours in the F-22 during a sortie here in April."I am thrilled and humbled to have made it to 1,000 hours in the Raptor" said

  • 673d Security Forces Squadron dedicates memorial to fallen

    The 673d Security Forces Squadron unveiled a bronze plaque commemorating Tech. Sgt. Jason Norton of Miami, Oklahoma, and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy of San Antonio, May 11 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.Norton and McElroy were assigned to the 586th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron when

  • Centurions, PJs conduct joint casualty exercise

    It was 2 p.m. April 30 as a four-vehicle Army convoy rolled out of its forward operating base to deliver a high value target to a secure location. Any convoy in a deployed environment can be a dicey affair, but this one in particular had personnel on high alert.From a hidden knoll in the distance, a

  • Equipment specialist saves AF money building simulator

    Jolly Tangog found his niche in a job he didn't even know the description of when he applied for it - but it fit his skill set perfectly and allowed him to build something new.Just a few months into his work as equipment specialist with Air Force engineering and technical services for the 732nd

  • ALCOM, USCG District 17 host Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer conference

    Alaskan Command and U.S. Coast Guard District 17 hosted an Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) Conference April 29 - May 1, which included flag officers and senior enlisted leaders from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard and Canadian Forces, to strengthen

  • F-22 crew chiefs play NASCAR with hot pit refuels

    Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmy Johnson and Danica Patrick are some of the most recognizable names in the world of NASCAR - even among the most casual sports fans. Drivers are front and center after a win, and deservedly so. The critical work the pit crew performs, however, is sometimes lost

  • On Firebirds' wings: JBER sends humanitarian aid to Nepal

    Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson sent the installation's first round of humanitarian support to the people of Nepal affected by a recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the form of a C-17 Globemaster III and support personnel May 1.The aircraft, from the 517th Airlift Squadron, carried a K Loader and a