• JBER mechanics maintain mission posture

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson vehicle mechanics work to ensure vehicle fleets are operationally ready for any mission."The mission of the JBER mechanics is to ensure the world's greatest fighting force has the ability to train, deploy and sustain the fight at any time and in any condition," said

  • Aircraft metals technician turns material into mission

    Ancient Rome, 2nd Century C.E. A blacksmith stretches his arm toward a fiery forge, plucking out a rod of iron - tip glowing red with accumulated heat. He places the rod over an immovable anvil and hammers on it until it's transformed from a shapeless billet into the recognizable shape of a

  • Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen support 3rd Wing

    When you walk up to the double doors outside the Aircrew Flight Equipment building, you can just barely see rows of neatly arranged plastic boxes through the glass as you ring the doorbell to be let in.A senior airman signs you in on the clipboard hanging on the inside of the doors as your eyes dart

  • 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