• New iSportsman system makes base access easier

    A new system will soon be implemented at JBER, which will make recreational areas on the base easier to access for those with military affiliation as well as those without.The iSportsman system is a recreation access system that is the first of its kind at an Air Force installation and will replace

  • Military medical professionals arrive in Alaska for Arctic Care

    Military aircraft carrying participants for Arctic Care 2012 arrived in Alaska Monday for the largest recurring joint military medical readiness and logistics training exercise.Medical professionals from the Arizona and Colorado National Guard, Army Reserve and Navy Reserve began arriving from the

  • JBER videographer captures the action

    The behind-the-scenes scrutiny of documenting combat training came to life as Airman 1st Class Armando Aparicio Jr. donned his flight gear and video equipment to join the 210th and 212th rescue squadrons for their combat skills training in Southern California March 15. "People see me out videotaping

  • Exercise Yudh Abhyas bridges U.S., Indian army engineers

    For the first time in eight years engineer brigades participated in the annual Yudh Abhyas bilateral exercise. The U.S Army's 2d Engineer Brigade from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, teamed up with its Indian Army hosts, the 471 Combat Engineer Brigade, in Bathinda, India, to train on a United

  • Fire safety basics can keep your family alive

    Are you confident that you and your family would be able to survive a fire in your home? Consider the most recent statistics involving residential building fires released by the National Fire Incident Reporting System (2008-2010):Burns and smoke inhalation are, unsurprisingly, involved in 92 percent

  • JAFAP conference brings issues to DoD

    The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Community Education Complex hosted JBER's second annual Joint Army Family Action Plan conference March 20 through 22."JAFAP is a grass-roots process that identifies issues or concerns from the armed forces," said Frederica Norman, JBER JAFAP program manager, in

  • Joint Easter celebration brings families together from around JBER

    The 2012 "Easter Eggstravaganza" took place outside the Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Saturday. This was the first time the event was held jointly."Last year we had one in a hangar on Elmendorf and then one at Cottonwood Park here on Fort Richardson," said Amanda

  • Reserve, active duty F-22 pilots fly succesful long range strike exercise

    A mix of personnel from the 477th Fighter Goup, 3rd Wing, and 673rd Air Base Wing left JBER to participate in a long range strike exercise on April 4.F-22 Raptors and E-3's assigned to the 3rd Wing along with F-16s from Misawa AB, Japan, B-1's from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota and KC-135s from

  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Castillo invents a program calling it iFly

    There's a new computer-based program designed to track the training status for pilots. It's called "iFly," invented by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Castillo, 3rd Wing aviation resource management. It may become the new standard for the Pacific Air Forces.The path that led to this program shines with