• Airfield chess masters – every move matters

    Surrounded by the roar of jet engines and the steady flow of arriving and departing aircraft, one team stood calm, calculated, and precise like a chess player: the 3rd Operations Support Squadron airfield operations team. Their mission-critical coordination ensured the airfield remained a safe and

  • JBER Airmen excel in 2nd quarter mission generation competition

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Rowan (left), and Senior Airman Brent Scheib (right), munitions build crew members assigned to the 3rd Munitions Squadron, begin to assemble munitions during the second quarter mission generation competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 18,

  • F-22s arrive in Tinian during REFORPAC

    U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing conduct aerial maneuvers during exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, July 17, 2025.

  • 3rd AEW Airmen depart in support of exercise REFORPAC

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joel Sanchez, avionics journeyman assigned to the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron, marshals an aircraft enroute to support exercise Resolute Force Pacific on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 13, 2025. REFORPAC is part of the first-in-a-generation

  • JBER Airmen prepare for exercise REFORPAC

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to 3rd Maintenance Squadron, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, process through a personnel deployment function line to support exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 11, 2025. REFORPACThis exercise is designed

  • F-22 Raptors depart in support of exercise Resolute Force Pacific

    A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 90th Fighter Generation Squadron takes flight to support exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 13, 2025. REFORPAC is part of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level-Exercise series, employing more than

  • Tropic Tundra 2025: Strengthening multi-capable Airmen tactics

    Exercise Tropic Tundra concluded for the year at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 6. Airmen assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing conducted simulated agile combat employment tactics to strengthen multi-capable Airmen capabilities.

  • Tropic Tundra 2025

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Blaine Redman, generator noncommissioned officer in charge assigned to the 773d Civil Engineer Squadron , participates in Exercise Tropic Tundra in a remote location in Alaska, May 30, 2025. Airmen assigned to the 673d Air Base Wing and 3rd Wing came together to form the

  • Strategic integration, deterrence take center stage in Bamboo Eagle

    As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-scale exercise designed to refine the command-and-control capabilities needed for the future fight. Held this