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P-38G Lightning restoration

The P-38G Lightning sits inside Hangar 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 20, 2017. The Lightning has been under restoration since August 2016. This particular P-38 saw action in World War II with the 54th Fighter Squadron in the Aleutians, where it crashed on Attu Island on Jan. 1, 1945. The P-38G Lightning is the only G model in existence and is one of fewer than 30 P-38s remaining in the world.
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P-38G Lightning restoration

Air Force Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke, dons a Tyvek suit and full-face respitartor before painting the P-38G Lightning inside Hangar 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 17, 2017. Airmen are required to wear personal protective equipment when working on the P-38G Lightning. Steinecke is assigned to the 3rd Maintenance Squadron as an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman.
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P-38G Lightning restoration

Air Force Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke paints a P-38G Lightning inside Hangar 21before it can be returned to the Heritage Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 17, 2017. Steinecke is one of the two Airmen who are putting the final touches on the aircraft.
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P-38G Lightning restoration

Air Force Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke (left) and Airman 1st Class Jonathan Torres-Zaya put the final touches on the P-38G Lightning before it can be returned to the Heritage Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 20, 2017.
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Arctic ACE

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor takes off for training during exercise Arctic ACE, Alaska, July 17, 2017. The first of its kind, Arctic ACE was designed to exercise Pacific Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment concept of operations, or ACE, by concurrently conducting fifth-generation fighter operations from a main operating base and a forward, austere operating base.
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Arctic ACE

U.S. Airmen build a shelter during exercise Arctic ACE, Alaska, July 16, 2017. The exercise included Airmen from the 3rd Wing, 673d Air Base Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and 644th Combat Communications Squadron from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as well as Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Cali., and U.S. Army in Alaska Soldiers, and focused on validating new ways to deploy and maneuver assets more fluidly during a crisis or conflict.
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Arctic ACE

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster with the 517th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, unloads a communications van off of a C-17 Globemaster III during exercise Arctic ACE, Alaska, July 14, 2017. The first of its kind, Arctic ACE was designed to exercise Pacific Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment concept of operations, or ACE, by concurrently conducting fifth-generation fighter operations from a main operating base and a forward, austere operating base.
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Arctic ACE

U.S. Marine Corps members with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Cali., train Air Force Airmen on how to lay AM 2 matting down on damaged flight lines during exercise Arctic ACE, Alaska, July 11, 2017. The exercise included Airmen from the 3rd Wing, 673rd Air Base Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and 644th Combat Communications Squadron from Andersen, Air Base, Guam, as well as Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Cali., and U.S. Army in Alaska Soldiers, and focused on validating new ways to deploy and maneuver assets more fluidly during a crisis or conflict.
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Arctic ACE

U.S. Air Force members with the 673d Medical Group construct a tent during exercise Arctic ACE, Alaska, July 9, 2017. This joint exercise was meant to test capabilities from an austere location to include setting up and operating a bare base while simultaneously establishing and maintaining communications with home station in order to meet new challenges or missions in a dynamic environment.
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VCJCS at 2017 Warrior Games

U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses with the Team Air Force 200m Women's Freestyle swim competition Gold Medal winners during the 2017 Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., July 8, 2017. The DoD Warrior Games are an annual event allowing wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans to compete in Paralympic-style sports. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)
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Department of Defense Warrior Games 2017

U.S. Air Force Maj. Teresa Sellers, a nurse anesthetist from Albion, Iowa, fires an air rifle during the sitting air rifle shooting competition at the 2017 Warrior Games at the McCormick Place-Lakeside Center, Chicago, Ill., July 7, 2017. Approximately 265 seriously wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans will participate in this year’s competition, representing the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command. Sellers would go on to win the gold medal in her category. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith James)
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Firebirds loadmaster moves troops and cargo

Senior Airman Nicholas Hendrickson is a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Loadmasters are responsible for the safe loading, transport and unloading of cargo on their assigned aircraft. Hendrickson is a native of Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Bedard)
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Firebirds loadmaster moves troops and cargo

Senior Airman Nicholas Hendrickson is a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Loadmasters are responsible for the safe loading, transport and unloading of cargo on their assigned aircraft. Hendrickson is a native of Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Bedard)
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Buckner Physical Fitness Center

A newly implemented disinfecting station at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 28, 2017. The new method saves $97,000 annually and is environmentally superior compared to the old method.
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Buckner Physical Fitness Center

John Limon, director of the Buckner Physical Fitness Center, saturates a towel with disinfecting solution on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 28, 2017. Limon was demonstrating how the newly implemented sanitization method works.
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Buckner Physical Fitness Center

Directions on how to clean exercise equipment with the newly implemented disinfecting system at the Buckner and Elmendorf physical fitness centers, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 28, 2017. The new method saves $97,000 annually and is environmentally superior compared to the old method.
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Mt. Denali Climb

Photos from Air Force Capt. Ted Labedz Mt. Denali climb, June 2017. (Courtesy photos)
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Mt. Denali Climb

Photos from Air Force Capt. Ted Labedz Mt. Denali climb, June 2017. (Courtesy photos)
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Mt. Denali Climb

Photos from Air Force Capt. Ted Labedz Mt. Denali climb, June 2017. (Courtesy photos)
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3 MUNS bomb build

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ramirez, munitions crew chief with the 3rd Munitions Squadron, explains the process of building a Joint Direct Attack Munition Guided Bomb Unit to Air Force Col. Frank Flores, commander Pacific Air Forces regional support center, and a group of company-grade officers at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 19, 2017. Bomb builds provide training and certification for 230 personnel within 3rd MUNS and keeps the squadron compliant, lethal and ready.
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