• Dicemen deploy to Red Flag in exercise with U.S., foreign air forces

    Airmen of the 90th Fighter Squadron, known as the Dicemen, participated in a realistic combat-training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. known as Red Flag. The 90th FS brought along the F-22 Raptor for the first time.Red Flag was established in 1975 to better prepare forces for combat and to

  • 537th Airlift Squadron flies again after 40 years

    It's been more than 40 years since someone with the 537th Airlift Squadron has taken flight. That all came to an end earlier this week, but first the 537th AS was activated last Friday for the first time since the squadron was deactivated in the early 1970s at Phu Cat Air Base, South Vietnam. At the

  • Chapels excel after joint basing

    The former Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson joined together to form Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson July 30, 2010. It is a transformation which has taken a lot of work, but now, less than a year later; the benefits are starting to show for many work centers.Air Force Master Sgt. Eric

  • Marrow Donor

    Almost any blood donation center stays pretty busy during a blood drive; plenty of people are willing to give forty-five minutes and a pint of blood in exchange for a couple of cookies, some juice and a feeling of having helped a stranger.But how many are willing to give up two weeks and have a

  • “Days of Remembrance” ceremony hits home

    "Today is history. Today will be remembered. Years from now, the young will ask with wonder about this day. Today is history, and you are part of it. ... For six centuries, there has been a Jewish Krakow. Think about that. By this evening, those six centuries are a rumor. They never happened. Today

  • Traditional Alaska sport requires some training

    There are many outdoor activities that people can enjoy in Alaska. Some of these adventures can be dangerous if people do not have the proper training. In an effort to keep Arctic Warriors and their dependents safe, Raina Panarese, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Outdoor Adventure Program director

  • WMD unit conducts joint-training exercise in W. Va.

    Members of the Alaska National Guard's 103rd Civil Support Team - Weapons of Mass Destruction put their skills to the test and helped train another unit during a recent exercise in West Virginia.Five members of the team spent seven days at the Center for National Response, W.Va., in early April,

  • Rescue Airmen engage hostile forces to retrieve 'Fallen Angels'

    Airmen from Bagram Airfield's 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron performed a daring mountainside rescue here, April 23, after an Army helicopter crashed in a hostile Afghan valley.The Airmen, deployed from the 33rd RQS at Kadena Air Base, Japan, and the 212th RQS at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,