• JBER: CE, Public Works to merge

    Everyone is starting to learn about Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson combining to a single military installation. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, or JBER, officially stands up October 2010, however there are many questions that must be answered before that time. One question being asked

  • Cases of H1N1 found at Elmendorf

    The Alaska State Public Health Laboratory and Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Laboratory have confirmed three cases of H1N1 influenza virus in the Elmendorf community. The patients did not require hospitalization and have made full recoveries. With more 70 cases of H1N1 flu in the Anchorage

  • Action Line: Tourist thanks Chenega guards

    I just wanted to take the time to compliment you and your front gate security staff. I am an aircraft mechanic for an airline in Tulsa, Okla. I was on vacation to Anchorage, Alaska, for the first time June 3, 2009, and was trying to drive to Denali National Park from Anchorage. I got myself lost in

  • MPF scheduling changes

    The Military Personnel Flight is changing from an all-day walk in basis to an appointment basis for both the career development and force management sections that will go into effect July 6 due to cuts in personnel attributed to both PSD and PBD-720. Walk-ins are allowed from 7:30-11 a.m. daily;

  • Computer software training

    A Pacific Air Forces team will visit Elmendorf July 7-16 to showcase the capabilities of the Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Server used across the Major Command.Their purpose is two-fold. First, they will offer training to Arctic Warriors on web-based capabilities that include setting up a virtual

  • 3rd Wing turns 90

    It was 90 years ago July 1 the U.S. Army Surveillance Group activated. Over the years, it has re-designated several times and eventually became the 3rd Wing. "The fact that an organization in the Air Force has been around as long as it has, is amazing," said Joe Orr, historian for Elmendorf History

  • Preparation continues for Elmendorf’s rodeo team

    Preparation continues for Elmendorf's Air Mobility Command Rodeo team. Four members from the 3rd Security Forces Squadron and 11 from the 3rd Maintenance Group have really been focused and working hard to assure they are ready to compete July 18-25. "Training is going well. We got some guys that are

  • Airmen spend time with students during deployment

    Nine deployed Airmen from the 525th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit spent their off-duty time assisting three teachers with 60 students in the Machananao Elementary School summer program here June 19. The Airmen deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from Elmendorf to support U.S.

  • Wounded warriors summit McKinley

    When four of the seven-member Team Denali, which included four wounded veterans, reached the top of Mount McKinley in Alaska's Denali National Park, what should have been celebratory whoops and hollers was instead a quiet, tempered satisfaction, the team's leaders said. Though the weather was