• 3rd Wing commander thanks Airmen for excellent performance

    Air Force Col. Dirk Smith, 3rd Wing commander, thanked his 2,200 Airmen publicly Thursday, during a "Commander's Call" at Hangar 1.The Pacific Air Forces Inspector General put the 3rd Wing through a Consolidated Unit Inspection, March 5-9, examining the inner workings of staff and systems.The 3rd

  • JBER inspection garners high marks across wings

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted members of the Pacific Air Force Inspector General from March 4 through 10 for a Comprehensive Unit Inspection.A CUI ensures a base is mission-ready and fully compliant with applicable guidance and regulations. The 3rd Wing entered the CUI slightly more than a

  • Flagship: 90th Fighter Squadron receives new F-22

    Swooping down from an open Alaska sky, two 90th Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptor fighters - tail numbers 4090 and 4190 - flew above the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson flight line in formation and at speed. Piloting Tail Number 4190, Lt. Col. Joseph Kunkel, 90th FS commander, glanced over at his wingman

  • CSAF Visits JBER

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and his wife Suzie visited Airmen here during a visit to Alaska Feb. 15 through 18. During the second day of his visit, the general, along with the 11th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Hoog and 673rd Air Base Wing Commander Col. Robert Evans, hosted

  • Reservist leads 3rd Wings' 'War Day' exercise planning

    A Reserve F-22 pilot assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron is the lead planner for the Arctic Integration Training or War Day that occurred here Jan. 27.Maj. Christopher Miller, chief of 3rd Wing Weapons, is responsible for developing the scenario for the War Day exercise that will include all the

  • Aerospace Ground Equipment Airmen keep mission rolling

    It's a few days after Christmas and a call came into the 3rd Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment office for generators, lights, stands and heaters to combat the minus 10 degree weather. Airman 1st Class Dimitri Davis, 3rd MXS, a Stonewall, Miss. native, has to make sure the equipment is

  • Two Arctic Warriors STEP promoted

    Two Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson non-commissioned officers were bestowed an honor recently that only three Airmen throughout 11th Air Force will receive all year.Newly promoted Master Sgt. Jeffery Holewinske, 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 3rd Wing, and Tech. Sgt. Yucari Brown, 673d Civil