• State of the art equipment bridges the gap

    The Army Corps of Engineers along with the 84th Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion, recently tested a new bridging system designed to help the military traverse a wide variety of terrain, quickly. Testing of the Lightweight Modular Causeway System took place over two days during Arctic

  • Public Notice: Information about your drinking water

    IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATERElmendorf AFB Exceeded Fluoride Drinking Water StandardsOur water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we did to correct this

  • Water Flushing Requirements Notification

    After you complete the following flushing requirements, water on Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson will be safe to drink. Water must be run from all faucets for 15 minutes prior to drinking. This should be done with all faucets in the facility turned on to half cold and half hot water.

  • Man’s best friend makes big find

     It was another routine day just outside Camp Taji, Iraq for Staff Sgt. Terry Mace and his K-9 partner, Palli.It was an early November morning, and the two were doing their usual cache weapons search in the nearby town of Tarmiyah.Sergeant Mace gave Palli the go ahead to do what he was trained to

  • Another successful year for Aero Club

    Elmendorf's Aero Club has been a repeated success. For the fifth straight year the club has received an Air Force five-star rating from the headquarters of the Air Force Services for Aero Club from Randolph AFB, Texas.The rating is based on five areas: facilities, services provided, personnel,

  • JBER Movement Corridor study presses on

    Residents and visitors of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson shouldn't be surprised to see moose and black bears sporting the latest research collars this summer. Wildlife biologists and conservation agents from Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson along with researchers from the Alaska

  • Arctic Edge kicks off in Alaska

    Arctic Edge 2010 kicked off with a simulated magnitude 8.5 earthquake 35 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Cook Inlet, here April 26.Arctic Edge 10 is a major exercise conducted in cooperation with the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and other federal, state