• President Obama visits Elmendorf

    President Barack Obama visited Elmendorf AFB and spoke to approximately 2,800 servicemembers and civilians at Hangar 1 today.The president stopped at the base on his way to Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore on a multi-day trip.This was President Obama's first visit to Alaska. "Until today I

  • Rise of the Cyber Wingman:10 principles Airmen must know

    Every day, malicious code, worms, botnets and hooks attack Air Force computers hardware, software and the Internet. They infiltrate classified information and compromise national security. In response, the Air Force is stepping up its mission to defend cyberspace.Cyberspace adversaries attack

  • Pararescuemen perform tandem jump

    Airmen from a Kulis Air Guard unit participated in a tandem jump at Malamute drop zone on Fort Richardson Oct. 21, 2009. Senior Airman Don Lacy, an aircrew flight equipment specialist with the 176 Operational Support Flight, was strapped to 1st Lt. John Romspert, a combat rescue officer with the

  • How the HARRT beats

    Seven 3rd Wing Airmen, recently returned from a deployment to Padang Indonesia. The Airmen were deployed with the Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team to help the victims of the Sept. 30, 7.6-magnitude earthquake. The HARRT was comprised of members from the 36th Wing at Anderson Air Force

  • 3rd Wing Outstanding Performer

    This week's 3rd Wing outstanding performer is Staff Sgt. Kelly Caruso, 525th Fighter Squadron. Caruso revamped the entire computer security continuity binder in anticipation of an upcoming inspection. She also updated the operations desk continuity binder, eliminating redundant work and saving

  • JBER town hall briefing addresses civilian employees' concerns

    The Joint Base Enterprise hosted four Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson "HR Plan" town hall briefings, two on Oct. 21 and two on 22, at the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base theaters, respectively. The focus of the briefings was to address civilian employees' human resource concerns

  • To the right

    Recently some of the Elmendorf emergency vehicles have had problems with motorists not yielding to the right when the vehicles have their emergency lights on. Most of the 30-35 emergency calls the 3rd Medical Group receive a month take an average of 10 minutes for teams to arrive on scene, said

  • Flash point: Fuels lab answers burning need

    Although the team is small and their job narrow in scope, the 379th Expeditionary Logistics and Readiness Squadron fuels lab holds the lives of servicemembers and the safety of aircraft in their hands. Fuel is a single-point failure commodity, said Staff Sgt. Michael Brady, 379 ELRS fuels lab NCO in