• CSAF Visits JBER

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and his wife Suzie visited Airmen here during a visit to Alaska Feb. 15 through 18. During the second day of his visit, the general, along with the 11th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Hoog and 673rd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Robert Evans, hosted

  • JBER troops join forces for 6th Eng. airborne mission

    Sgt. Samantha Owens, 6th Engineer Battalion, surveyed the expansive Alaska landscape covered with a fresh blanket of crystalline snow, resplendent under a cloudless blue sky.She might have had time to enjoy the stunning view if she wasn't suspended from a T-10 Delta parachute, hurtling toward solid

  • Deployed JBER Airman helps with Afghanistan rescue effort

    Hovering 75 feet above a tricky landing zone in the treacherous snow covered mountains in northern Afghanistan, the entire aircrew of the MI-17 Hip acted as one. The pilot's view was greatly diminished and he depended heavily on what his crew was seeing out the side doors as the aircraft slowly

  • Vietnam vet awarded Silver Star after 45 years

    In 1967, the average cost of new house was $14,250, the average income was $7,300 a year and gas was 33 cents a gallon. The Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs played the first Super Bowl. The Berlin Wall, dividing West Germany from the Communist east, stood tall and long. Last, but not least,

  • Engineers beat out maintenance in championship

    Engineer Airmen from the 773rd Civil Engineer Squadron forged an early lead, and then held on to outlast the 3rd Maintenance Squadron, 66-59, in the championship game of JBER-Elmendorf's intramural basketball championship Monday night at the Fitness center.Corey Ballew controlled the opening tipoff

  • New JBER Fisher House hosts first guests

    Senior Airman Joshua Crawford and his wife, Rachael, were the first guests to stay at the Alaska Fisher House on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson until they were finally able to take their newborn girl, Devi, back home to Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Feb. 2. While in Fairbanks, the Crawford

  • Paratroopers of 725th BSB sustain Spartan Brigade in Afghanistan

    The paratroopers of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion in Afghanistan are keeping the Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division supplied while facing critical deadlines, harsh terrain and hostile territory, said 725th BSB Commander, Lt. Col. Brad Hinson.Hinson

  • FET team trains for tough mission

    "To boldly go where no man has gone before" could be a mission statement for a group of paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan.Twenty-five female Soldiers from the Alaska-based brigade are assigned to Female Engagement Teams, with the

  • SERE instructors teach Airmen to survive, escape

    There are only approximately 400 Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists in the Air Force, and two of them reside at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.Air Force Staff Sgt. Greg Avey and Tech. Sgt. Reid Beveridge are SERE specialists and belong to JBER's 3rd Operations Support Squadron's