• Protect your pets: safety tips for the holidays

    Safety is always a top priority, however we sometimes forget our four-legged and feathered friends have special safety needs during the holiday season. Here are a few tips to make sure they enjoy the holiday season as much as you do.The holidays are the season for overindulging, we cook more and

  • Flouride notification

    The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight and Doyon Utilities want to inform all water consumers, effective Dec. 1, the Fluoride Injector system operated at the Water Treatment Facility will resume operations.The fluoride injector malfunctioned last April and was shut

  • Know base road, reporting conditions

    There is no telling when the Anchorage Bowl will be hit with the next heavy snowfall. When this does happens, members must know base procedures during inclement weather.Base officials have three options when winter weather makes driving conditions hazardous for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

  • Crash kills 3rd Wing Airman, base mourns

    Air Force officials here announced, Nov. 19, that search and rescue teams found conclusive evidence the pilot of a crashed F-22 Raptor did not survive the crash. Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Haney, 525th Fighter Squadron, was killed in the mishap during a training mission, Nov. 16."Sadly, we can no

  • Huffing kills, ‘Spice’ off limits

    The practice seems harmless enough.Service members, looking to dull the edge of a stressful day, walk into a head shop after work and buy a small package of K2, the brand name of a smokeable concoction that is perfectly legal in the state in which they are residing.It is not, however, legal in the

  • Guard troops meet with Hollywood stars

    Members of the Alaska National Guard had the rare opportunity to meet and speak with the stars of the upcoming film, "Everybody Loves Whales," at Hanger 1 at Bryant Army Airfield, Nov. 6. The cast members of the film who appeared included John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Ted Danson, Mary

  • Missing F-22 pilot update

     Air Force officials here announced today that search and rescue teams have found conclusive evidence the pilot of the F-22 Raptor missing since Tuesday night did not survive the crash.Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Haney, assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, has been missing since the crash,

  • Alaska's joint forces continue coordinations in search of F-22 Raptor pilot

    Operations efforts continue Thursday, to find the missing F-22 Raptor pilot, Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Haney, assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron.The Alaska Air National Guard Rescue Coordination Center, the 3rd Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson search and rescue teams continue to search the

  • Missing F-22 pilot identified

    The pilot of the F-22 aircraft that crashed Tuesday night has been identified as Capt. Jeffrey Haney, assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron. Capt. Haney's current status is missing. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. Alaska time Tuesday, while on a nighttime training