• RED HORSE Squadron returns to JBER

    Members of the 819th RED HORSE Squadron, based at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, are back for three months this summer to continue Phase I of JBER’s north-south runway remodel.   The Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, Engineer provides the Air Force a civil engineer

  • RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 Took off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

    RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 took off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson June 8.RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and international forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex with air operations flown

  • JBER SFS compete in PACAF combat skills competition

    Clad in gas masks and Airman Battle Uniforms, four Airmen sprinted a half mile around the track outside the Elmendorf Fitness Center. I could barely stay in front of them – without a gas mask.  The four Airmen chasing me down were from the 673d Security Forces Squadron and were training for the 2017

  • AETC at JBER

    Although small and minimally manned, the 372nd Training Squadron, Detachment 14 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson plays a substantial role in developing the next generation of F-22 Raptor maintenance Airmen.  The detachment, is part of the Air Education and Training Command’s 82nd Training Wing,

  • Groundbreaking construction begins on Fisher House II

    The Fisher House of Alaska hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the Fisher House II June 6, 2017.  Since opening in 2012, the 12-suite Fisher House has been at maximum capacity. As a remedy, the installation commander provided a temporary annex location for an

  • VMFA 251 maintainers keep the Hornets in the sky

    U.S. Marine Corps maintainers with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 install a new motor on a Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 7, 2017. VMFA-251, based out of South Carolina, is here participating in a joint exercise.

  • JBER hosts summer leadership camp

    Alaska Junior ROTC cadets from seven area high schools are scheduled to take part in a Summer Leadership Camp hosted at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Camp Carroll May 30 to June 9.More than 200 freshmen through seniors will participate in three week-long iterations of the camp where, as its

  • JBER Airmen battle public health crisis in MAE

    The high-pitched howl of the Civil Engineer Squadron’s bright-red fire engines broke all silence as they arrived on scene. They were swiftly followed by the red and blue neon glow of base defenders, paramedics and bioenvironmental Airmen. First responders from various units throughout Joint Base