• Dining facility preps for food service evaluation team

    In 2008, the Iditarod Dining Facility served more than 350,000 meals, nearly enough to serve a meal to each person in the Anchorage and Fairbanks communities combined. To assess beyond quantity, the John L. Hennessy Award Evaluation Team will visit Elmendorf AFB Feb. 24-25 to determine who has the

  • Review assembles C-17 community to plan improvements

    Alaska's austere conditions pose challenges for people, animals and equipment. A multi-national collection of senior military officials associated with the C-17 program gathered here to share concerns about the aircraft. The C-17 Executive Program Management Review was held at the Susitna Club with

  • Elmendorf Spotlights: PACAF releases Readiness awards

    The following are Pacific Air Forces Logistics Readiness award winners. These winners will represent PACAF at the Air Force level.Transportation Civilian Supervisor/Leader of the Year:Lamont Cupp3rd Logisitics Readiness SquadronAir Transportation Senior NCO of the Year:Senior Master Sgt. Truman

  • February: Children's Dental Health Month

    February is National Children's Dental Health Month. The 3rd Dental Squadron would like to provide some facts about teeth. Alaska is known for its many outdoor recreational activities such as sledding, hockey, baseball and skiing, just to name a few. These activities can be fun, but accidents do

  • Firefighters save camel from manhole

    Many people associate firefighters with rescuing cats out of trees. For the firefighters assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, they weren't expecting this animal rescue call Monday. A baby camel was trapped in a manhole. "This was the weirdest call I've ever been on," said

  • Financial services transformation: start with a click, skip the trip

    The Air Force is increasingly giving Airmen greater ability to initiate pay-related transactions from their own home or office - perhaps saving them a trip to the finance office on a typically cold Alaska morning. You're probably already familiar with systems like LeaveWeb, the Defense Travel System

  • Elmendorf hospital named best … again

    There are very few things better than being named the best. One of which is being named the best twice in back-to-back years. For the second consecutive year, the Elmendorf hospital was named the best hospital in the Air Force after receiving the Air Force Surgeon General Award Feb. 3. This award