• Polish Air Force participates in first Red Flag

    Imagine boarding a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft and making the flight across the Atlantic Ocean to a place where they speak a language that isn't your native language. This isn't your normal U.S. Air Force deployment, but actually a Polish Air Force deployment to Alaska to participate in Red

  • Twin JBER festivities offer activities for all ages

    Service members from all branches as well as family members and civilian employees were fêted at the annual Military Appreciation Picnics on JBER June 8.Sponsored by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the picnics featured food and bounce houses, horseshoes and tug-o-war. The picnics, already a

  • Duffy takes command of 673d ABW, JBER

    Air Force Col. Brian Duffy became the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander in a change-of-command ceremony June 1 at Hangar 5.He comes to JBER from Kadena Air Base, where he served as the 18th Civil Engineer Group commander.Duffy replaces Air Force Col. Robert Evans, who

  • New JBER commander talks with the Arctic Warrior

    Air Force Col. Brian Duffy took command of 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson during a June 1 ceremony at Hangar 5. In this column, Duffy answers questions concerning his background and thoughts about taking command.Q: Who is Col Brian Duffy? What is your background and

  • JROTC cadets learn to surmount fear, limits at JBER towers

    In a single week, Junior ROTC cadets from Bartlett and Colony high schools encountered more adventure than most adults will experience in a lifetime. During last week's JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge summer camp at JBER, cadets leapt out of the 34-foot jump tower, traversed the 35-foot rappel

  • Spartan families celebrate midpoint of Afghanistan deployment

    Friends and families of the six battalions that compose the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division gathered at Cottonwood Park May 31 to mark the halfway point of their loved ones' Afghanistan deployment. Coordinated by a combination of the brigade's rear detachment

  • CITIZEN AIRMEN DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN

    More than 180 citizen-Airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing have begun deploying for Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.The deployment marks the wing's single largest deployment of personnel since 2003. It will be the wing's second large-scale deployment from JBER