• Elmendorf history office named best in Air Force

    The 3rd Wing History Office here was recognized as the best multiperson history office in the Air Force in early May. Joe Orr, Doug Beckstead, James Frank and Karen Miller, all 3rd Wing historians, attended the 2009 U.S. Air Force Worldwide History and Museums Program conference at Wright-Patterson

  • 3rd MDG releases 2008 Consumer Confidence Report

    Elmendorf is pleased to present the 2008 Consumer Confidence Report for our community water system. The CCR is an annual report required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act. Elmendorf's superb drinking water flows from pure, sparkling, snow-fed

  • 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,