March 15, 2024 Estonian, U.S. Air Force munitions personnel share best practices, techniques Members of the Estonian Defense Forces visited the 3rd Munitions Squadron and members of the 673rd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Squadron to complete site surveys and discuss munitions storage designs in similar home climates at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 10 through 15, 2024.
Feb. 13, 2024 JBER hosts 2024 chief induction ceremony Six senior master sergeants were inducted into the tier of the U.S. Air Force’s highest enlisted rank – chief master sergeant – in a ceremony at the Arctic Warrior Event Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2024.
Feb. 12, 2024 Air Force, Space Force announce sweeping changes to maintain superiority amid Great Power Competition While the changes feature a mix of near-term and longer-term initiatives, senior leaders emphasized the need for speed. “We are out of time,” Kendall said repeatedly in urging action on the changes.
Feb. 7, 2024 Anytime, anywhere: Exercise Bamboo Eagle showcases first-ever Air Mobility Element Before fighter jets launch exercise sorties, they need maintainers, security forces, and communications specialists, along with all the equipment required to receive, guard, repair, and launch those aircraft and communicate with their command.In an agile combat employment scenario, mobility air
Feb. 7, 2024 Bamboo Eagle 24-1 leadership visit spoke NAS North Island BE 24-1 was a first-of-its-kind exercise directed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and is composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across more than
Feb. 6, 2024 3 AEW conducts operations at spoke NAS North Island for Bamboo Eagle 24-1 NAS North Island served as one of the spokes within the hub-and-spoke concept of operations during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1, with the hub and command-and-control force element located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. During BE 24-1, warfighters implemented all-domain combat-power generation from
Feb. 2, 2024 3rd AEW arrives at spoke NAS North Island for Bamboo Eagle 24-1 The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center is hosting the first iteration of Bamboo Eagle, with flight operations occurring in a designated airspace off the coast of Southern California through Feb. 2. Bamboo Eagle 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind U.S. Air Force Warfare Center-directed exercise composed of
Feb. 1, 2024 Air Force and Army conduct joint training exercise U.S. Air Force and Army conduct joint training exercise enhance interoperability between the service branches and improves the effectiveness of Arctic-capable forces in the region.
Jan. 30, 2024 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing operates in first-ever iteration of Exercise Bamboo Eagle The first-ever iteration of Bamboo Eagle, a U.S. Air Force Warfare Center-led exercise, kicked off in earnest at Nellis Air Force Base and various locations across the southwestern United States and parts of the Pacific, Jan. 26, 2024.The exercise is the first of its kind from the U.S. Air Force
Jan. 5, 2024 Aerospace equipment flight provides around-the-clock support The Aerospace Ground Equipment flight at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska provides 24/7 preventive and repair maintenance to essential equipment that ensures the various aircraft of the 3rd Wing can execute their missions.