• Wildlife and You! A Cautionary Aviation Tale

    You are on a red-eye flight out of Anchorage. Row 27. Middle seat, with a child behind you kicking your seat. Great, could this day get any worse? Seatbelts fastened, tray table up, ready for takeoff - Let’s get this flight going. The plane lifts off the ground, and you are just about to close your

  • National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

    National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 18 to 24, is a time to celebrate more than 280,000 medical laboratory professionals across the nation who perform and interpret laboratory tests that save lives and keep people healthy.

  • JBER prepares for Operation Clean Sweep 2021

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will conduct Operation Clean Sweep, an installation-wide event in support of Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s 53rd annual Citywide Cleanup May 1 to 31. The goal is to clean the entire installation of all trash and discarded items that have accumulated throughout the

  • Soldiers team with Airmen, civil agencies for EOD exercise

    Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Explosive Ordnance Disposal units conducted an exercise March 22 through 25 in partnership with EOD personnel with the Anchorage Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation.“The overall scenario was an extremist group attempting to

  • Air Force Assistance Fund underway

    The AFAF campaign is an annual fundraising effort among Air Force and Space Force personnel for the benefit of their families. Contributions support four non-profit AFAF charities that provide financial support for Airmen, Guardians, National Guardsmen and Reservists, as well as spouses, immediate

  • Chin’an JBER highlights RSTs, JROC, True North

    This month, Chin’an JBER highlights the Religious Support Teams (RST), JBER Religious Operations Center (JROC), and True North members and counselors at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2021.

  • The 673d CS hosts Commander Immersion

    U.S. Air Force Col. Kirsten Aguilar, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Lee Mills, 673d ABW command chief, participated in the 673d Communications Squadron immersion tour at JBER, Alaska, March 19, 2021.

  • 673d Dental Squadron Hosts Commander Immersion

    U.S. Air Force Col. Kirsten Aguilar, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander, participated in a 673d Dental Squadron immersion at JBER, Alaska, March 2, 2021, focused on getting to know Airmen assigned to the 673d Dental Squadron and how they support mission readiness.

  • 3rd Wing Weather Airman makes it happen

    When you get a pop-up notification of an adverse weather event on your computer, it's the work of an Airman at the 3rd Operations Support Squadron's Weather Flight.Airman 1st Class Rachel Schultz joined the flight after technical school in September of 2020, and is one of those Airmen.