• Aircrew Flight Equipment checks out

    The 19th Fighter Squadron's Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen remain diligently at work on their job while preparing for reassignment.In September, the 19th Fighter Squadron will be deactivated and its members reassigned to different units.For Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen this means reviewing

  • Reduce, reuse: Recycling still prominent at Elmendorf

    In a world filled with pollution and environmental disasters some simple acts such as recycling can help to reverse harmful effects on the ecosystems and preserve the world for future generations.In 1999 Elmendorf Air Force Base was selected as the recipient for the Air Force General Thomas D. White

  • May is National Fitness Month

    May is National Fitness Month and the Elmendorf Fitness Center staff is playing their part by making a number of activities available throughout the period. Events planned for the month include a bench-your-own-weight competition May 7, a pet fun run May 8, a racquetball tournament May 14 and a

  • Elmendorf presented CINC Installation Excellence Award

    Forty-six of Elmendorf 's premier Arctic Warriors traveled to the Pentagon to accept the 2010 Commander-in-Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence May 5.The award identifies the top installation of each service in the military. It shows that personnel at the installation have done the best

  • A bunch of hustle, bustle

    Being at an installation that houses five types of aircraft, Airmen at Elmendorf know how busy it can get up here. Especially these Airmen assigned to the 3rd Wing Protocol office. After hosting 386 events during the last fiscal year, the protocol office was recognized as one of the busiest in the

  • National Police Week

    May 9-15, 2010, is designated as National Police Week. The 3rd Security Forces Squadron and Fort Richardson Military Police members along with local law enforcement agencies will be honoring law enforcement brothers and sisters both past and present.The tradition started in 1962, when President John

  • Risk reduction: ways to play it safe

    "People can never fully prevent sexual assault from happening to them," said Micaela Boling Sexual Assault Response Coordinator program assistant.The Department of Defense defines sexual assault as, "intentional sexual contact, characterized by use of force, threats, intimidation, abuse of

  • Land mobile radio system saves lives in disasters

    Every day in the United States, someone requires the assistance of an emergency responder. What if these responders were unable to communicate with dispatchers to receive pertinent information about a victim?During Arctic Edge 10, a week-long exercise conducted April 26 to May 1, emergency