• 3rd OSS Air Traffic Controllers watch over the sky

    The controllers from the 3rd Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson face unique challenges. They are in charge of managing a complex airspace with many adjacent facilities and the only base in the Pacific Air Force with intersecting runways.

  • ATC Airmen keep the skies safe

    Looking up to the skies on any given day, multiple aircraft can be seen flying around the Anchorage area. From commercial, civilian, and military aircraft, it would be an understatement to say the skies are busy. Thanks to the dedicated Airmen and civilians of air traffic control, these aircraft