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Encouraging resiliency through recreation
August 23, 2019 — Within just an hour’s drive of Anchorage are hundreds of opportunities for Airmen and Soldiers to get outside and enjoy the beauty Alaska is known for globally. As the days at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson quickly head toward near-complete darkness, the visit of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Rob Marshall Aug. 20 through 22 was well timed. A long-time advocate for resiliency and well-being through outdoors adventures, his stay here coincided with an Air Force-wide “resiliency tactical pause.” ... MORE

Maintainers Maintain Mission Readiness
August 13, 2019 — Fighter jets and heavies can rule the skies, but they need to get there first. It takes strict attention to detail from aircraft maintainers to service aircraft in order to launch them to the battlefield. ... MORE

Base Commander reads at the CDC in honor of The Month of the Military Child
April 17, 2019 — “Blork” and “bluurf” are definitely not words, but they were part of the base commander’s vocabulary, April 8, 2019, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. ... MORE

Doing it all in JBER’s backyard
April 10, 2019 — Usually the odd man out is something no one wants to be, but the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron owns their exclusivity. With a mission that goes beyond their host installation, they are like no other CES within the Air Force.... MORE

COMPACAF visits JBER, talks about mission strategies
February 13, 2019 — U.S. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Johnson, PACAF command chief, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska, Feb. 11 - 12, to thank Airmen for their dedication to the command’s mission and emphasized the importance of JBER’s operational readiness. ... MORE

PACAF cultivates CE Airmen with ground-breaking RADAS training
January 30, 2019 — For more than nine days, 12 civil engineer Airmen from several Pacific Air Forces bases recently participated in a secondary operator training course of the newly adopted Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.... MORE

JBER recipe for food-service success, ‘Joint Culinary Institute’
November 7, 2018 — Since the beginning of September, Airmen with the 673d Force Support Squadron and food-service Soldiers from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, now have the opportunity to gain and build on additional skills through a program called the Joint Culinary Institute operated at the Gold Rush Inn.... MORE

Red Flag in the Last Frontier: it’s a bear fight
August 23, 2018 — Crossing paths with an aggressive mother black bear. Losing his footing and plummeting down the jagged terrain of a 3,500-foot mountain peak. He knows his adversaries, and he’s prepared to confront them. Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Pete Marshall, 47th Squadron RAF C-130J pilot, is in the Last Frontier for the first time, flying missions in Red Flag-Alaska 18-3 and summiting mountains in his down time. ... MORE

Wife, mother, Airman: Open house gives wings to my dreams
June 25, 2018 — I was just one of 300,000 people on the flightline that weekend.... MORE

Alaskan leaders visit Eielson to discuss the F-35A
October 18, 2017 — Fifty-four F-35A Lightning II multi-role fighter aircraft are slated to arrive at Eielson beginning in Spring of 2020, with the final F-35 being delivered in 2022. The addition of two F-35 fighter squadrons to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska will help deter possible adversaries in the Indo-Asia Pacific Region.... MORE