• Officials encourage energy conservation, cost reduciton

    As the days draw shorter and the nights become colder Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson officials urge everyone on base to be more efficient with energy use and keep costs down.October is Energy Action Month, which focuses on efforts within units to conserve energy by distributing energy reduction

  • 3rd Wing redeploys from Southwest Asia

    The 3rd Wing's 525th Fighter Squadron deployed to the Central Command area of responsibility to relieve its sister squadron, the 90th Fighter Squadron, also located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The swap-out of fifth generation aircraft took place after five months of supporting combat

  • Fly softly, carry a big mission

    At just under 44 feet long and 15 feet high, a C-12F Huron pales in comparison to the much larger C-17 Globemaster III, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in a dynamic mission here. "The C-12 mission is to keep our long range radar sites up and running, constantly scanning the skies for the

  • Spartans, UAA students team up to fight domestic violence

    A group of nursing students with the University of Alaska Anchorage delivered instructional training on domestic violence awareness and prevention to command teams with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Oct. 2 at the Soldiers' Chapel at Joint Base

  • The Fisher House project: JBER assembles new playground

    The Fisher House of Alaska has been a "home away from home" to service members, veterans and their families while they receive medical care at the hospital on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Since 1990, the Fisher House world-wide has saved the military, veterans and their families an estimated

  • Driving drunk could cost you

    The 673d Security Forces Squadron conducted a driving under the influence checkpoint Oct. 12 to deter military members from driving drunk.Officers used the checkpoint to make sure anyone who drove on base was sober. Military members operating a vehicle were automatically given a preliminary breath

  • Innovation advances F-22 as strategic force in the Pacific

    The newest strategy in fighter employment will enable combat-ready F-22's to rapidly refuel, rearm, and redeploy. The new concept was demonstrated here during joint exercises in August.The usual method of deploying fighters is structured around large footprint packages to a select few operating

  • Lapse in appropriations update

    -Arctic Warriors,Based on guidance received this past weekend from HQ PACAF, derived from direction issued by Secretary of Defense Hagel on 5 Oct 13, we are welcoming our civilian teammates back to work this week. As a result, virtually all offices closed during the furlough period have re-opened.As

  • Augmentees train for snow removal

    The 773rd Civil Engineer Squadron augmentees began training on snow removal equipment here Sept. 28. "Snow school" is an annual three-week training event hosted by the 773rd Civil Engineering Squadron heavy equipment shop. The shop teaches snow removal augmentees how to operate heavy equipment used

  • 773rd Civil Engineers tear down symbol of separation

    One of the last remaining vestiges of formerly divided bases disappeared into rubble on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 28.The shack was an entry point for transitioning between Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson before the bases combined in 2010. Joint basing happens when two