• Take a selfie with the new Air Force Inspection System

    It may not seem like it, but our next Pacific Air Forces unit evaluation inspection has already started. You may have heard this evaluation referred to as a look into our "unit performance photo album." This is a stark contrast to those of us who remember the "snapshot" of performance garnered by

  • Third Alaska assignment for 3rd Wing commander

    "The 3rd Wing is a certain thing in an uncertain world," Air Force Col. Charles Corcoran said on a gray and rainy morning at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Corcoran assumed command of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 3rd Wing, the largest unit in the 11th Air Force, in a ceremony at Hangar 1

  • Weapons Airmen keep F-22s in the fight

    June 21 was this year's summer solstice in Anchorage - the longest day of the year when 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. share the same amount of sunlight and potentially a similar number of people cooking on their backyard grill. In contrast, Dec. 21 is the city's traditional winter solstice, when even those

  • Creativity and a skilled eye keeps the mission running

    The 3rd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight is doing its part to limit Air Force operational costs on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.Aircraft structural maintenance personnel restore the structural integrity of aircraft. This duty requires the use of materials such as titanium, aluminum, steel,

  • Load crews compete for honors

    Air Force Staff Sgt. Jarrett Hayman, 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team crew chief, raced around an F-22 Raptor, performing final checks on a Guided Bomb Unit-32 on the flightline at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 18, 2014. His team, Senior Airman Stephan Doherty and

  • 90th FS Pilots, equipment tested at Tyndall AFB

    Air Force Capt. William Albert could feel the missile bay door opening on his F-22 Raptor as the Air Intercept Missile-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile was launched outside, the rocket motor then engaged, giving the missile speed and shooting it out into the sky near Tyndall Air Force

  • In memory of the fallen: TACPs conduct 24-hour relay

    Members of the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron's Tactical Air Control Party participated in the annual memorial 24-hour Challenge Run from March 27 and 28 at the Alaska Dome in Anchorage.The run, sponsored by the TACP Association, is a memorial to those who have died while serving, he said.It

  • Airman saves $149 million F-22 Raptor

    An Airman with the 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit earned the Pacific Air Forces Aviation Safety Well Done Award Feb. 14 for putting out a fire on an F-22 Raptor at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 4.PACAF Aviation Safety Well Done Awards are presented for outstanding airmanship or

  • JBER units innovate to rapidly deploy F-22s

    JBER's 3rd Wing is developing a program to drastically decrease the time it takes to deploy the world's most advanced stealth fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor.Originally developed in concert with the 477th Fighter Group, Air Force Reserve, the plan will provide combatant commanders with a major