• 44th Fighter Squadron lends a hand

    More than 100 Airmen from Kadena Air Base, Japan, arrived at Elmendorf May 28 to assist with the Operational Readiness Inspection here. Kadena's 44th Fighter Squadron is providing adversary support for the 3rd Wing's ORI. It is the representative threat, based on the scenarios. "We're the bad guys,"

  • Wounded warriors set out to conquer North America's highest peak

    Monday marked the start of a monumental challenge for four wounded veterans, their two mentors and one guide, as they move from the base of North America's highest peak in Alaska's Denali National Park to the mountain's base camp at an elevation of 6,850 feet. Denali, formerly known as Mount

  • Volunteer Action Council paints the town

    The Elmendorf Volunteer Action Council has served a role in the Anchorage community for the past 22 years. Participants have left their footprint in the community with past projects such as Habitat for Humanity, where members built houses for families in need, and a major renovation of the Covenant

  • Stepping up

    The air seems thick and everything on the sidelines begins to blur as the race proctors voice, seemingly muffled and distant, shouts "Go!" The runners' bodies thrust forward, wind whipping past their faces. "I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards," said

  • SECDEF visits Elmendorf, addresses servicemembers

    The secretary of defense held a town hall meeting and visited military members June 1 at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Some of the topics Secretary Robert M. Gates spoke about deployment increases and return dates, Air Force cutbacks, future replacement aircraft and weapon upgrades. "What I'm here for,

  • Airman's design selected as official JBER logo

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson has just become more official with the JBER logo. A few months ago an e-mail was sent out with a request for servicemembers to provide logo ideas and concepts. Master Sgt. Everett Johnson, a member of the Alaska Air National Guard from the Joint Forces Headquarters,

  • 3rd Wing undergoes operational readiness inspection

    People who live and work in the neighborhoods around Elmendorf can expect increased flying operations and simulated bombings, loudspeaker communications and sirens June 1-7 as the 3rd Wing undergoes a Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Operational Readiness Inspection. The first phase of the

  • 3 Airmen receive nonjudical punishment

    A staff sergeant from the 3rd Mission Support Group received an Article 15 for driving under the influence. The punishment was a reduction to senior airman. A senior airman from the 3rd Mission Support Group received an Article 15 for sleeping on post. The punishment was a reduction to airman first

  • Streamlined disability evaluation system introduced at Elmendorf

    Complicated, time consuming, and confusing are words used to describe the process for wounded servicemembers as they transition through the Disability Evaluation System. In the new DES Pilot program, the more common terms will be streamlined, efficient, and responsive. This new joint Department of