• Rugby: AF wins fifth Armed Forces Championship

    It's been five years now and the All-Air Force team has won five straight Armed Forces Championships. It's getting a little monotonous, at least for the opposing teams. But Air Force keeps getting it done, and the Air Force way is quickly becoming a tradition. Head coach Dan Lockert said those who

  • MDG brings awareness for Responsible Drinking Month

    The 3rd Medical Group Mental Health Flight will recognize the Air Force's Responsible Drinking Awareness Month Dec. 1-31. During this month, the flight will display information booths at the hospital and fitness center to inform the public on responsible drinking. "There are plenty of examples of

  • Warriors experience TBI, WTU

    In 2006, Marine Corps Maj. William Allen served with Lima Company 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, where he led his fellow Marines on a mission to catch the kidnappers of Joe Carroll, a reporter who was taken as prisoner, and were ambushed. While crossing the bridge their convoy was hit by an improvised

  • Arctic Medics named ‘Dimes’ nurses of the year

    Five members of the 3rd Medical Group were honored at the 2008 Alaska March of Dimes Nurse of the Year banquet. Winning in five of the 16 categories, the 3rd MDG had the largest group of winners from one facility. Maj. Julie Hanson, 3rd Surgical Operations Squadron, provides extensive preventative

  • Housing residents express concerns in town hall meetings

    Town hall meetings were held Oct. 21 and 23 for those members residing in privatized family housing. The meetings were co-chaired between 3rd Wing senior leaders and Aurora Military Housing leadership. The intent of these meetings was to pass on pertinent issues related to family housing, receive

  • Elmendorf Army Air Base’s first commander

    On Nov. 28, 1942, a C-47 assigned to the 54th Troop Carrier Squadron, took off from Naknek en-route to Elmendorf Army Air Base. Thirty minutes after the plane departed, the Naknek control tower lost contact with it. The weather at the time required instrument flying with severe winds, up to 70 mph,

  • Air Force Band Sonora fosters relationships in Kyrgyzstan

    The Air Forces Central band "Sonora" played to all audience spectrums as they performed 11 concerts in their eight-day visit here, Nov. 12-20. The 10-person band's visit to Manas included multiple performances at a wide variety of venues in the local Kyrgyz communities. The band is known as Sonora