• JBER: 3rd SFS, Fort Rich's Emergency Services merge with same goals

    The famed Howard Jones song "Things can only get better" best highlights what's to come for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in 2010. The 3rd Security Forces Squadron and the Directorate of Emergency Services integration will not only maintain the levels of law enforcement and security support, but

  • Airmen receive nonjudicial punishment

    An airman first class from the 3rd Operations Group received an Article 15 for failing to go to his appointed place of duty at the prescribed time. The punishment was a suspended reduction to airman and a reprimand. A staff sergeant from the 3rd Mission Support Group received an Article 15 for

  • 525 EFS Raptors, pilots train with Kadena F-15s

    Two F-22 Raptors from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron returned here July 15 from Japan following training with F-15 Eagles at Kadena Air Base, Japan.The 525th EFS, deployed here from Elmendorf as part of U.S. Pacific Command's Theater Security Packages in the Asia-Pacific region, was able

  • Pacific Angel helps 300-plus in Timor Leste

    More than 300 East Timorese people were treated at a local school here July 16 as part of Operation Pacific Angel 2009. Pacific Angel is a Pacific Air Forces humanitarian assistance operation led by 13th Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. It is aimed at improving military civic cooperation

  • Tail end of the chain, tip of the sword: Eareckson AS

    Closer to Russia than to mainland Alaska, Shemya Island, has been home to U.S. military operations for 66 years despite the remote and harsh subarctic environment. Located on one of the westernmost islands in the Aleutian chain stretching from southwest Alaska, Shemya is a three and one-half-hour

  • Application for special duty still being accepted

    The Air Education and Training Command Special Duty Briefing Team conducted their regularly scheduled visit July 16. Air Force members who may have missed the visit do not have to wait for the next visit to apply for an AETC special duty. For more information about recruiter opportunities and an

  • Elmendorf welcomes new vice commander

    Col. Mark Camerer, 3rd Wing vice commanderHe comes to Elmendorf from Camp Smith, Hawaii, as the U.S. Transportation Command liaison to U.S. Pacific Command "After being on the job for about a month I can see what makes Elmendorf great -- the men and women who get the mission done. I am looking

  • HAWC prepares for fitness testing changes

    Elmendorf's Health and Wellness Center will begin fitness testing all Arctic Warriors twice a year starting in January 2010. Air Force senior leaders made this and other changes to the testing program during the CORONA TOP conference June 4-6. With the current active-duty Airmen on Elmendorf, the