• Make your time in Alaska count

    Single? Short on cash? Looking for something to do? Check out the Single Airman Program. Soar through trees on zip lines in Talkeetna, learn to fly planes with the Aero Club and glide down mountains on skis in Girdwood. Alaska has many adventures to offer and the Single Airman Program can provide

  • Alaska cold doesn’t stop military working dogs

    Four paws sank into snow deep enough to bury the boots of the 673d Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler as the pair made their way through the crystallized water to a training facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 23, 2014. Even in the winter conditions the

  • ALCOM/JTF-AK and USARAK host Arctic GO/FO Conference

    Alaskan Command/Joint Task Force-Alaska and U.S. Army Alaska hosted an Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) Conference Jan. 7-11, which included distinguished guests from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard and Canadian Forces, to strengthen partnerships,

  • Becoming an Air Force pilot: a worthwhile challenge

    The U.S. Air Force is widely recognized as the best air and space force the world has ever known. To maintain this status requires filling its ranks with some of the best educated and highly trained aviators in the world. While many career fields throughout the Air Force are experiencing a reduction

  • Alaska National Guard biathlon team brings home honors

    With his rifle strapped to his back, Staff Sgt. Jamie Haines, 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, took off with speed and determination, knowing the rough terrain ahead would require physical and mental strength.Quickly, the elements began to wear down his body and increase his heart

  • NCO familiar with turning challenges into opportunities

    As a young boy, growing up in the rural, mountainous town of Temosachic, Mexico, he knew he enjoyed class work. But he never knew his academic talents would help propel him to a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, an American citizenship, and a position in the United States Army.Army Sgt.

  • Remembering Dr. M.L. King

    Members assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Talkeetna Theater, Jan. 22.King was a civil rights leader, humanitarian and pastor during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. He was known for helping gain equal rights for black Americans and

  • Anchorage Airport Police train at JBER shoot house

    Ten law enforcement officers from Ted Stevens International Airport conducted active shooter training at the modular armed tactical combat house, commonly referred to as the shoot house, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Jan. 7 in an effort to hone tactical skills critical to first responders in

  • The Cold War legacy of the F-102A

    From 1956 to 1970, F-102A Delta Daggers were America's premier fighter interceptor, and the first serious air defense weapon in Alaska. An F-102 static display stands in Heritage Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as a reminder of its service here. Aircraft like F-35 Lightning IIs and F-22

  • Force management: Be educated, prepared

    Across the Air Force and here at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Airmen are trying to learn about their options and the implementation process of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 force management programs.Air Force Lt. Col. Rick Garcia, Air Force Personnel Center retirements and separations branch