• Airfield chess masters – every move matters

    Surrounded by the roar of jet engines and the steady flow of arriving and departing aircraft, one team stood calm, calculated, and precise like a chess player: the 3rd Operations Support Squadron airfield operations team. Their mission-critical coordination ensured the airfield remained a safe and

  • Air mobility squadron delivers the goods throughout exercises

    When you go on vacation, things are – generally – seamless.You drop your bags off and they’re weighed and whisked away. When you board the aircraft, the lavatory is clean. The airplane takes off safely, meals or snacks come to your seat, and when you get to your destination, your luggage comes up a

  • Lining up for the mission

    As the sun begins to peek through the Chugach mountain range, the once-quiet bay of the Joint Mobility Complex at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson stirs to life. Pallets are stacked outside, and the once-empty hangar hums with the anticipation of Airmen arriving to begin the first step toward their

  • F-22s arrive in Tinian during REFORPAC

    U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing conduct aerial maneuvers during exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, July 17, 2025.