• Governor Palin visits USS Stennis

    Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin made a surprise visit to Sailors and personnel onboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) on Monday during the military joint-training exercise Northern Edge 2009. The invitation came as a surprise for the governor, who jumped at the opportunity to visit

  • Marines, Airmen fuel up Exercise Northern Edge

    Pacific Command's Exercise Northern Edge 2009 is allowing more than 200 aircraft the opportunity to train in nearly 120,000 square miles of airspace above interior Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska, June 15-26. With the numerous aircraft in the air and massive amounts of mileage to cover during the

  • Air Refueling Squadron "tops off" during NE 09

    Air National Guardsmen from the 168th Air Refueling Squadron here conducted a four-hour in-flight refueling mission Friday, June 19, as part of Exercise Northern Edge 2009. During the mission, Airmen from the 168th honed their aerial refueling skills by topping off F-15 and F-22 fighter jets to keep

  • Services, FMWR managers strive for best joint practices

    Managers from Elmendorf Air Force Base's 3rd Services Squadron and Fort Richardson's Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation sat down last week to discuss the future of the two organizations as they merge under Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. This was only one of many meetings over the past three

  • Elmendorf rodeo crew rounded up and ready to go

    Elmendorf's Rodeo team has been rounded up, and they are ready to go. About 35 Arctic Warriors will compete in the Air Mobility Command Rodeo at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., July 18 to 25. Since 1962 the AMC Rodeo has been held to help improve the skills of air mobility professionals. The

  • Live-Virtual-Constructive operations increase sphere of Northern Edge 2009

    Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise for units under the U.S. Pacific Command, is the largest military training exercise in Alaska and one of the largest joint-training exercises in the U.S. military. Northern Edge, hosted by Alaskan Command, is so large because of its Live-Virtual-Constructive

  • Alaska's National training treasure JPARC

    Military servicemembers working in the joint military training exercise Northern Edge 2009 have a unique opportunity to train in some of the most diverse environments available in the world. The training conducted in the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex (JPARC) lies among rivers, mountains, and