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May 1, 2025
JBER hosts 39th Military Retiree Appreciation Day May 3

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will host its 39th Annual Retiree Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at the Arctic Warrior Event Center, 9387 Kuter Ave.
April 25, 2025
Public comment begins for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Mortar and Artillery Training at JBER, Alaska

The U.S. Air Force (Air Force) is now accepting public comments for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for Proposed Mortar and Artillery Training (PMART) at Richardson Training Area, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska. The Draft EIS details environmental impacts of
April 23, 2025
JBER plans prescribed burns in training areas April 26

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Fire and Emergency Services, 11th Airborne Division, and the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch JBER Wildland Support Module plan to conduct multiple controlled burns on JBER training lands beginning April 26.
Dec. 3, 2024
Media Advisory: JBER hosts holiday tree lighting Dec. 5

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will host its annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 5. The event starts at 4 p.m. with holiday crafts and hot chocolate at the Arctic Warrior Chapel. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. outside
Sept. 6, 2024
Media Advisory: JBER Fire and Emergency Services host 9/11 memorial stair climb

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Fire and Emergency Services will host a 9/11 memorial stair climb at the JBER fire training grounds, Sept. 14, 2024.Opening ceremonies begin at 9:30 a.m. At 10 a.m., 60 individuals representing fire, explosive ordinance
Aug. 27, 2024
Media Advisory: 673d Explosive Ordinance Disposal flight hosts joint field training exercise with Army partners

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The 673d Explosive Ordinance Disposal flight is hosting a joint field training exercise with the 716th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company and other partners over the course of four days, culminating in a capstone event at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,
July 24, 2024
More than 260,000 attend JBER’s Arctic Thunder Open House 2024

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The official attendance assessment for the biennial Arctic Thunder Open House on July 20 and 21, 2024 is more than 260,000, based on aerial imagery and data collection; two and a half times the attendees in 2022.
July 18, 2024
Muldoon Gate closed due to construction beginning July 22

Construction at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Muldoon Gate, extending to the roundabout on Provider Drive, will begin on July 22. The gate is estimated to reopen the morning of Sept. 3, 2024.
July 10, 2024
Media Advisory: 673d Air Base Wing to host change-of-command ceremony July 16

U.S. Air Force Col. David Wilson will turn over command of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and the 673d Air Base Wing to U.S. Air Force Col. Lisa M. Mabbutt in a change-of-command ceremony July 16 at 10 a.m.
July 10, 2024
Media Advisory: 3rd Wing to host change-of-command ceremony July 15

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Jamieson will turn over command of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s 3rd Wing to U.S. Air Force Col. Charles Schuck in a change-of-command ceremony July 15 at 10:03 a.m.