• Airmen of 673d SFS partner with TSA for working-dog training

    Loud barks could be heard yards away as military and Transportation Security Administration dog handlers prepared their assigned K-9 for the weekly joint working dog training. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Byrnes, 673d Security Forces Squadron, military dog handler, led the training for TSA personnel

  • Riggers relied on for parachute packing

    "I will be sure always" is the United States Army rigger's code - it is the life of a fellow Soldier they hold in their hands. The 4th Quartermaster Detachment (Airborne), 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, the Black Sheep, is just one of the units with the skilled and dedicated hands here

  • Operation Arctic Care serves Alaska’s rural communities

    One week into Operation Arctic Care 2012, residents in western Alaska are receiving medical care from a cadre of military medical professionals.Blanketed with ice and snow on the Bering Sea coast, most villages are isolated by miles of open landscape and accessible only by snowmachine and air

  • Earth Day, everyday Alaska Reservists minimize carbon footprint

    In an effort to save money and be kinder to the environment Reservists assigned to the 477th Fighter Group have been utilizing Share-A-Van, a carpooling venture sponsored by Anchorage's Public Transportation Department."My dad rode a van for about 15 years until he retired," said Tech. Sgt. Joseph

  • Alaska Raptors reach major upgrade milestone

    Alaskan F-22s met a major milestone during a recent training sortie when new upgrades to the fighter allowed for a Joint Direct Attack Munition to be dropped on self generated coordinates. Software and hardware upgrades, part of the F-22 modernization plan known as Increment 3.1, allow for pilots to

  • WINNERS!: Iditarod wins Hennessy Trophy 2012

    The Iditarod Dining Facility won the 2012 John L. Hennessy Trophy award for "Best in Air Force Food Transformation." The men and women who work there that you may see every day, as well as the ones who work behind the scenes, have made that possible.The Hennessy Trophy award is an annual award

  • New iSportsman system makes base access easier

    A new system will soon be implemented at JBER, which will make recreational areas on the base easier to access for those with military affiliation as well as those without.The iSportsman system is a recreation access system that is the first of its kind at an Air Force installation and will replace

  • Military medical professionals arrive in Alaska for Arctic Care

    Military aircraft carrying participants for Arctic Care 2012 arrived in Alaska Monday for the largest recurring joint military medical readiness and logistics training exercise.Medical professionals from the Arizona and Colorado National Guard, Army Reserve and Navy Reserve began arriving from the