Raptor pilots, crew chiefs launch jets for NE09

IG team releases ORI outstanding performers

The following individuals have been named Operational Readiness Inspection outstanding performers by the Pacific Air Forces inspector general team during the ORI June 1-7.3rd Wing Airman 1st Class Sarah Chapman 3rd Security Forces Squadron Senior Airman Christopher A. Bennett Airman Kaitlan Lave

Navy SEALS, TF-49 pilots conduct joint training during NE 09

Thirteen operators from a west-coast based SEAL team performed final checks on their equipment as a one-minute warning bell rang shrilly throughout the hull of the CH-47D "Chinook." After descending steeply, the helicopter's back ramp dropped, and the SEAL team sprinted from the Chinook with their

Crew chief marshalls F-15 during NE09

Mountain Home aircrew step to jets during NE09

Navy SEAL team trains with Army

F-16 launches past B-52 at Eielson during NE09

Mechanic keeps the fighter planes flying

More than 230 aircraft from all four military service are in Alaska flying in support of joint military training exercise Northern Edge. Flying hundreds of hours requires a lot of work from the pilots as well as many support personnel who make sure the aircraft fly safely. Mechanics from the joint

Exercise Northern Edge 2009 kicks into high gear

Exercise Northern Edge 2009 officially kicked off June 15 at numerous locations throughout Alaska, the land of the midnight sun. Participants from all branches of the military are training together in order to hone their tactics, techniques and procedures associated with defensive counter-air,

Elmendorf receives excellent ORI rating

After seven days of responding to scenarios including evacuations, fires, riots, hazardous material, missile attacks and offensive airstrikes, the 3rd Wing received an overall excellent rating during the 2009 Operational Readiness Inspection June 1-7. The inspection allowed the Pacific Air Forces