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  • 14 FS completes reconstitution, participates in Northern Edge

    Since returning from a deployment to Iraq, the 14th Fighter Squadron here has spent the last three months executing a training plan to get all the pilots current and proficient in their home station mission. The training plan to build proficiency, also known as reconstitution, will culminate this

  • Academy cadets experience operational Air Force

    Fourteen Air Force Academy cadets, specializing in engineering degrees, arrived here May 16 for a two-week temporary duty to experience an operational civil engineer squadron. "The cadets came to Andersen as part of a summer class called field engineer readiness laboratory," said Capt. Matt Burrell,

  • Spouses get a taste of security forces' life

    The 18th Wing Security Forces here held a Civilian Police Academy course for Team Kadena spouses to give them an inside look at what happens behind the scenes of a security forces patrolman. "This is a course geared towards not only educating the base populace on the range of services we provide to

  • Airman's design selected as official JBER logo

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson has just become more official with the JBER logo. A few months ago, an e-mail was sent out with a request for servicemembers to provide logo ideas and concepts. Master Sgt. Everett Johnson, a member of the Alaska Air National Guard from the Joint Forces Headquarters,

  • SECDEF visits Elmendorf, addresses servicemembers

    Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates spoke with Arctic Warriors here Monday. Secretary Gates held a town hall meeting and visited military members, where he addressed servicemembers' questions. "What I'm here for, as I am every place, every military facility I visit, is for field ground truth as

  • Pacific mobility warriors celebrate anniversary

    The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing celebrates its one-year anniversary June 5, operating as Air Mobility Command's first overseas wing, supporting AMC aircraft and crews with maintenance, aerial port, and command and control operations while transiting the Pacific. The wing, activated June 5,

  • Seward fishing community gives back to military

    The third annual combat fishing tournament, the largest military appreciation fishing tournament in the nation, took place here May 21. The tournament has grown tremendously from 66 servicememebers in 2007 to nearly 300 in 2009. The troops are from every branch--active duty, Guard and Reserves. Bob

  • Joint team moves critically ill infants over holiday weekend

    A joint team of U.S. servicemembers spanning the globe from Japan to Texas successfully moved two critically ill infants needing specialized care over the Memorial Day weekend. The infants - one nine months old and the other 20 days old when moved - were flown from Kadena Air Base, Japan, to San