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Aug. 17, 2023
Red Flag-Alaska 23-3 Exercise - Refueling fighters during essential realistic combat training

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 318th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, awaits refueling from a KC-46 Pegasus over Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex during Red Flag-Alaska 23-3, Aug. 14, 2023. This exercise provides unique opportunities to integrate various forces
Aug. 15, 2023
Red Flag-Alaska 23-3 strengthens international collaboration

Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 23-3 kicked off on Aug. 14, bringing together military forces from the United States, Australia, and other partner nations for two weeks of intensive and realistic aircraft flight training. Taking place over the sprawling expanse of the Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex,
March 16, 2023
JBER religious affairs team supports Agile Reaper 23-1

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – In a first for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a religious support team forward-deployed from Alaska recently to provide spiritual support during Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1.
March 14, 2023
Agile Reaper 23-1 wraps up a successful ACE Exercise in Guam and Tinian

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1, an Agile Combat Employment exercise that took place on Guam and Tinian, came to a close with a constructive and positive conclusion mid-March, 2023.
March 7, 2023
One joint base, two Air Force wings, 240 Airmen: how relationships helped form an AEW to validate ACE in the Pacific

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – In December 2021, the Air Force Chief of Staff signed Agile Combat Employment doctrine, laying the groundwork for service members to put into action. The intent was to proactively codify how Airmen must increase survivability while generating combat power in an
March 7, 2023
3rd AEW tests refueling methods during AR 23-1

TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands – Resources are key to executing combat airpower, anytime, anywhere, and without fuel, planes don’t fly.
March 2, 2023
Behind the scenes of the Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1 and the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles on the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing, how it is constructed, and how Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1 is conducted.Members of the 673d Air Base Wing and 3rd Wing joined together to plan and conduct Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1 as the 3rd Air
Feb. 24, 2023
3rd AEW Airmen depart for Agile Reaper 23-1

Airmen assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing depart Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2023. The Airmen are traveling Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands for exercise Agile Reaper 23-1. AR 23-1 is the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing’s effort to exercise Agile Combat Employment and
Nov. 4, 2022
JBER F-22s project air dominance in two theaters

As of November 4, 2022, F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s 3d Wing are supporting missions in both Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
June 22, 2022
The Flying Vikings participate in RED FLAG-Alaska 22-2

Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces sponsored exercise that provides realistic simulated combat training. Three C-130 Hercules and more than 100 reservists from the 934th Airlift Wing, the Flying Vikings, from Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station flew to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,