• JBER forces test, sharpen skills in base-wide exercise

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel practiced securing buildings, communicating in crisis situations, protecting operational security, and engaging an active shooter - - all part of Exercise Polar Force 13-5, July 22-24.This exercise involved Airman and civilian employees of the 673d Air Base

  • Turkey Shoot: Bombs on target

    A team comprised of F-22s from the 525th Fighter Squadron, Intel personnel from the 517th Airlift Squadron, Command and Control from the 962nd AACS, and a C-17 crew from the 3rd OSS took first place in the annual Turkey Shoot competition here July 15-17. The Turkey Shoot competition provided an

  • F-22 Load Crew Competition

    The 3rd Wing and 477th Fighter Group held the quarterly F-22 load crew competition here July 12. Crews from the active duty 525th and 90th AMUs and the Reserve 477th AMXS participated. The 525th AMU load crew team placed first. To view the slideshow click here.

  • Airman earns AF-level award

    "Your life is our business/Last to let you down," is the motto by which every Airman in Aircrew Flight Equipment lives. Their job is to keep pilots supplied and ready for each mission.The AFE award is an annual Air Force-level award program, recognizing Airmen who achieve outstanding accomplishments

  • The 3d MUNS arm JBER Raptors

    When it comes to things that go BOOM for the Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, it is the men and women of the 3d Munitions Squadron who keep the munitions safely silent until ready.Originally under the 3d Equipment Maintenance Squadron as two flights - an Armament Flight and a Munitions

  • 3rd Wg, 477th FG commanders stand together against sexual assault

    Col. David Nahom, 3rd Wing commander and Col. Tyler Otten, 477th Fighter Group commander, have directed a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response stand-down day for their units June 28 and July 14, respectively. This SAPR stand-down day follows direction from the Secretary of Defense to conduct

  • JBER, 3rd Wing host 43rd TFS’s 43rd reunion

    Almost 43 years to the day after the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron was activated on what was then Elmendorf Air Force Base, a group of its founding members reunited on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to catch up with old friends and relive their days spent in Alaska.The 12 fighter pilots and one

  • JBER, Yokota Airmen team up for C-130 recovery

    When an aircraft suffered mechanical issues and diverted to an isolated island more than 2,000 miles away from its home station, a group of Airmen from the 3rd Maintenance Squadron's Maintenance Recovery Team came to assist. On the way back from program depot maintenance in Robins Air Force Base,

  • Alaska Raptors Surge

    F-22 pilots and maintenance personnel from the active duty 3rd Wing and the Reserve 477th Fighter Group generated and flew nearly 90 sorties here June 11-12. The increase in sorties is part of a surge or an increase in flying operations to test the maintenance and flying capability of Alaska's

  • Five pilots visit with children at Providence

    Every child has a hero or idol. At Providence Children's Hospital, there are a handful of children who are fond of Air Force pilots in particular. These children were privileged to meet some of these individuals during a recent visit to the hospital by a group of pilots from the 302nd Fighter