• Reserve pilots, maintainers resume F-22 flight operations

    Reservists with the 477th Fighter Group here resumed F-22 flying operations during the unit's monthly unit training assembly or drill weekend following a four month stand-down. The first six jets took off at 9 a.m. Oct. 15. "Most of our pilots integrated into the flying schedule when our active duty

  • Reserve, Guard members kick-off Alaska's semi-pro basketball season

    The Alaska Quake basketball season will open Dec. 3 and two members of the Air Force Reserve and Army National Guard can be seen on the roster of Alaska's newest semi-professional basketball team. Master Sgt. Jonathon Orzechowski, an Air Force Reservist with the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron and SGT

  • Corps of Engineers completes F-22 facility

    An F-22 engine roar overhead was a reminder of the 372nd Training Squadron, Detachment 14, mission as the unit officially opened its new facility on the west side of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 26.The $6.2 million project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District and

  • Veteran DJs Alaskan-Hispanic radio show

    Dave Luera gives Anchorage "something new" every Sunday night.The human resources specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District is host of "Algo Nuevo" - Something New - on KSKA 91.1 FM.The music program on the public radio station plays cumbia, merengue, salsa and other styles of

  • 793rd MP Battalion hosts ‘Spouses Challenge’

    The sun hadn't risen yet from behind the Alaskan mountains on the crisp October morning. Weapons were drawn and the troops assembled into a formation outside. Sgt. David Grosshuesch of the 793rd Military Police Battalion called the group to attention, directed a "right face" then "forward march" and

  • Riders practice ATV safety, prepare for Alaska missions

    The state of Alaska has more than 586,000 square miles of land within its borders and only a handful of paved highways, making air and off-road transportation vital for military members operating in day-to-day missions.Airmen at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson completed ATV training Sept. 22 which

  • Champions: 56th Engineers take flag football crown

    Throughout the intramural flag football season, when 56th Engineer Company coach Lou Keemer wanted to scrimmage another team for practice, he could always count on Troy Johnson and his team from A Company, 307th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion to show up.As the two teams played through the Joint