• JBER Airman faces charges in slaying of fellow service member

    Airman 1st Class James Thomas of the 703d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was indicted June 15 on 11 charges including murder, evidence-tampering and obstruction of justice.According to a Tuesday court filing in Anchorage, an autopsy found Senior Airman Clinton

  • Japanese and US forces unite during Red Flag-Alaska

    Japanese and American forces have once again joined their training operations during Red Flag-Alaska at JBER. "This is my first time in Alaska," said Japanese Air Self Defense Force Col. Kiyoka Tomita, Red Flag detachment commander and native of Aichi, Japan. "I have visited America several times to

  • Service members, civilians play medieval war in Anchorage park

    Like a scene out of the movie Braveheart, troops stand in two lines, facing each other and separated only by a vast field of grass. All carry weapons of some kind, whether swords or shields, knives or daggers. A few carry bows and arrows or crossbows. Many wear various leather and metal armor. All

  • JBER Airman faces charges in slaying of fellow service member

    Airman 1st Class James Thomas of the 703d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was indicted June 15 on 11 charges including murder, evidence-tampering and obstruction of justice.In a Tuesday court filing in Anchorage, an autopsy found Senior Airman Clinton Reeves,

  • Australian airmen glimpse future at Red Flag-Alaska

    Men and women in flight suits of green passed through the halls in a hive of activity. The building was buzzing with the language and accents of different nationalities, all in preparation for the day's oncoming events. As personnel filtered through the doors of the building and onto the flight

  • Polish Air Force participates in first Red Flag

    Imagine boarding a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft and making the flight across the Atlantic Ocean to a place where they speak a language that isn't your native language. This isn't your normal U.S. Air Force deployment, but actually a Polish Air Force deployment to Alaska to participate in Red

  • Twin JBER festivities offer activities for all ages

    Service members from all branches as well as family members and civilian employees were fêted at the annual Military Appreciation Picnics on JBER June 8.Sponsored by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the picnics featured food and bounce houses, horseshoes and tug-o-war. The picnics, already a