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  • Women pilots: a weapon to be used

    "This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used," said Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady of the United States. These words, spoken in

  • WWII vets fly on "Spirit of Go For Broke"

    After waiting for more than a year and a half from the christening of the seventh C-17, Globemaster III, added to Hickam's fleet of eight - the men for whom it was named after finally got their ride on the aircraft March 13 here.A group of 40 surviving veterans from the famed, 442nd Regimental

  • Eielson Airmen ascend 'Above All' in ad campaign

    At the end of February, two 354th Fighter Wing Airmen were surprised to discover that their work was an integral part of the Air Force's newest ad campaign -- Above All. Two of the campaign's posters, which represent one third of the campaign's poster set, were made from photographs taken by Staff

  • 354th Medical Group named top-performing facility

    The 354th Medical Group was recognized as the top performing military treatment facility in the medium-sized clinic category at the annual Military Health System Conference in Washington, D.C. last month. The award was presented by Maj. Gen. Bruce Green, Deputy Surgeon General of the Air Force, on

  • OPSEC the threat and you

    As Eielson AFB gears up for the exercise season, personnel are reminded that it is essential to apply smart Operations Security. Though OPSEC is always vital to mission success, practicing it is especially important during up-tempo operations, such as Red Flag-Alaska and base readiness exercises.

  • Misawa spouse earns PACAF award

    One of Misawa's own was recently named the PACAF Joan Orr Spouse of the Year for 2007. During the Annual Awards ceremony here Angela Barber received the Joan Orr Award for Misawa and was notified that she was also the 5th Air Force winner. Weeks later, she was surprised at work with the news that

  • 611th CES exercises with environmental partners

    Even though the most infamous hazardous-material spills have occurred on seas, members of the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron prepare for these events on land at frozen Six-Mile Lake. The 611th CES, together with the U.S. Coast Guard from Sector Anchorage, the Alaska Chadux Corporation from Anchorage

  • Icemen train for mass deployment

    Icemen geared up for a simulated contingency during an operational readiness exercise here March 6 to 9. A base-wide recall and 24-hour operations set the tone for the exercise scenario - mass deployment to a simulated hot spot in the Pacific theater. Eielson Airmen swiftly gathered all mission