• F-22s fly first sorties in multi-national Red Flag-Alaska exercise

    Airmen of the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, and its associate Air Force Reserve unit, the 302nd Fighter Squadron flew the F-22 Raptor in its first Multi-national Red Flag-Alaska exercise, June 6-22.This is the first time F-22s have participated in a Tier 2 or multi-national Red Flag-Alaska.The

  • 3rd Wing commander thanks team for exercise performance

    3rd Wing Arctic Warriors,Congratulations on an outstanding performance during POLAR FORCE 12-4. I saw mission-focused, dedicated Total Force Airmen, Civilians, and Contractors everywhere I looked during the last week. I commend your leadership and team work. We received absolutely outstanding

  • 3rd Wing tests combat readiness in exercise Polar Force 12-4

    The 3rd Wing launched more than a dozen aircraft Saturday morning as part of exercise Polar Force 12-4, an operational readiness exercise designed to test the unit's ability to deploy.The exercise is broken up into two parts; Phases 1 and 2. Phase 1 started Wednesday and ended Saturday.During an

  • BIRD OF PREY: Bulldogs accept delivery of last Raptor

    After a grueling eight-and-a-half hour non-stop flight from Georgia, the airplane carrying Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Moga finally touched down on Alaska soil after a weeklong business trip. Despite sitting in the same seat for the entire trip, Moga sprang up when he spotted his waiting family. He

  • Air Force accepts final F-22 Raptor

    Senior Air Force officials attended a ceremony here May 2 commemorating the delivery of the final F-22 Raptor to the service.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz was joined by Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia and other industry, Air Force and civilian leaders as they were welcomed to Dobbins

  • B-1 bomber strike force validates combat lessons learned

    Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 168th Air Refueling Wing as well as a mix of Airmen from the 477th Fighter Goup, 3rd Wing, and 673rd Air Base Wing from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson participated in a nationwide joint exercise aimed at validating long-range capabilities of several Air Force

  • Reserve, active duty F-22 pilots fly succesful long range strike exercise

    A mix of personnel from the 477th Fighter Goup, 3rd Wing, and 673rd Air Base Wing left JBER to participate in a long range strike exercise on April 4.F-22 Raptors and E-3's assigned to the 3rd Wing along with F-16s from Misawa AB, Japan, B-1's from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota and KC-135s from

  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Castillo invents a program calling it iFly

    There's a new computer-based program designed to track the training status for pilots. It's called "iFly," invented by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Castillo, 3rd Wing aviation resource management. It may become the new standard for the Pacific Air Forces.The path that led to this program shines with