• Steady winds blow in fuel savings

    Saddled with the rising price of diesel fuel, remote location and bone-chilling winter temperatures, Tin City Long Range Radar Station's operating costs are extraordinarily high. In an effort to reduce operating costs, the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron was recently awarded $1.9 million through the

  • Elmendorf K9 unit performs well at Trials

    Sit ... stay ... come ... military working dog, Dino obeyed his way through the Rocky Mountain K9 Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo. at the Air Force Academy Sept. 22. Staff Sgt. Kurt Lugar, 3rd Security Forces Squadron MWD handler, and Dino, a Belgian Malinois, had a challenge with the environment

  • MPF releases tips for dress uniform

    Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel, applies to all active-duty Air Force members, members of the United States Air Force Reserve and members of the Air National Guard. It directs the wear of uniforms, insignias, awards and decorations. It describes

  • Air Force launches 'BlueTube' site for online videos

    When you get an interesting or funny Air Force video in your e-mail, do you ever send it out to family, friends and co-workers? Now the Air Force has its own channel, called AirForceBlueTube, for those videos on the popular video-sharing site YouTube.com. "We wanted to have a one-stop shop to host

  • Tricare takes aim at childhood obesity

    October is Children's Health Month and Tricare has launched a new Web page at http://www.tricare.mil/getfit to promote a healthy lifestyle partnership aimed at military families. The new page serves as campaign "headquarters." The target? Childhood obesity. Tricare is partnering with the Defense

  • AF announces selection process for deputy support group commanders

    Air Force Personnel Center officials recently released the selection process and eligibility requirements for officers interested in calendar year 2009 mission support group deputy commander positions. Following the Air Force chief of staff's force development construct, officers will be matched to

  • Senate confirms Gen. Fraser as next vice chief of staff

    General William M. Fraser III, a command pilot, will be the Air Force's next vice chief of staff, based on a Senate confirmation vote, which occurred Oct. 2. Now the president must offer the official appointment to the general before he can assume his new position. General Fraser, who now serves as

  • Senate confirms Donley to be next secretary of Air Force

    Michael B. Donley will be the next secretary of the Air Force based on an Oct. 2 Senate confirmation vote here. Secretary Donley had been designated by the president to begin serving as acting secretary on June 21, 2008. The former director of administration and management for the Defense

  • Fire Prevention: everyone's responsibility

    Elmendorf will be celebrating Fire Prevention week Oct. 5-11 with this year's theme "Prevent Home Fires." Efforts to achieve this goal are accomplished primarily by conducting home inspections and eliminating fire hazards. Listed below are statistics and other helpful ideas to aid you in reaching

  • Road menace: potholes

    Alaska has extreme temperature changes which lead to the infamous potholes. Water and temperature extremes lead to weakened road surfaces. The cold freezes the moisture in the ground causing it to expand, which leads to cracking the asphalt surface. Water will then penetrate the crack and slowly