• Powering the flight-line

    People use electricity every day, whether by turning on a light switch or vacuuming the carpet. For others, it is powering a multi-million dollar flightline and ensuring it stays powered so the mission is accomplished.The 773d Civil Engineer Squadron Airfield Lighting electricians are hard at work

  • Alaska Reserve unit participates in War Day during Hawaii Annual Tour

    Alaska's only Air Force Reserve unit has just returned from its first ever group-wide off station annual tour at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii."This was an important training opportunity because it allowed us to function as a unit and put our leadership team to new tests that we don't get

  • Sector Anchorage conducts HAZMAT-response training

    As enforcers of America's maritime laws, Coast Guard boarding teams are typically associated with images of drug and migrant interdiction, monitoring fisheries and boating safety. However, as defenders of U.S. ports and harbors, Coast Guard members must also be prepared to respond to more dire

  • Denali Soldiers deploy for peace and support operations

    Approximately 350 Spartans from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, are scheduled to deploy to Kosovo on a nine-month-long rotation to conduct peace and support operations as part of Kosovo Force, Multinational Battle Group-East. The unit honored its paratroopers

  • JBER honors POW/MIA day with somber ceremony

    Service members honored missing and fallen comrades Sept. 19, during a POW/MIA ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.According to Defense Prisoner of War and Missing Personnel Office, National POW/MIA Recognition Day honors prisoners of war and missing service members and their families, and

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

    Maj. Ryan Pelkola, a Reserve F-22 pilot assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron, is the eighth pilot in Air Force history to reach 1,000 flight hours in the F-22 during a sortie here September 9."It feels great to reach this milestone doing a job I love," said Pelkola. "During my 1000 hour sortie I

  • Airmen participate in their first briefings at their newest base

    A tidy classroom is almost dead quiet, with the rumbling sound of an air vent being the only noise heard. Suddenly the silence is broken with a vibrant discussion between Airmen and a teacher. These Airmen are progressing through a one-week training course new to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to

  • Alaska Reservists play critical role in Exercise VALIANT SHIELD

    Three Alaska Reservists are among the 18,000 personnel from the Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, and Army participating in VALIANT SHIELD, a U.S. forces joint training exercise being held here Sept. 15-23."I am filling the role as the Deputy Airboss under Brig. Gen. Andrew Toth," said Lt. Col. Brian

  • Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen support 3rd Wing

    When you walk up to the double doors outside the Aircrew Flight Equipment building, you can just barely see rows of neatly arranged plastic boxes through the glass as you ring the doorbell to be let in.A senior airman signs you in on the clipboard hanging on the inside of the doors as your eyes dart