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  • Air Commandos complete Teak Mint 15-1

    Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group along with members from the 36th Airlift Squadron conducted multinational and bilateral training during Joint Chief of Staff Exercise Teak Mint 15-1 in Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, Malaysia, May 26 through June 13.“This exercise has been a great

  • POL keeps planes in air during NE15

    Over the course of the two-week-long exercise, known as Northern Edge 15, participants practiced tactics, techniques and procedures in vast Alaskan training ranges. The designated areas include a 42,000 square nautical miles in the Gulf of Alaska, 65,000 square miles of airspace and nearly 2,500

  • 966th AACS tests upgraded AWACS platform at NE15

    Calmly soaring at 30,000 feet in the midst of nearly 100 fighters, bombers and refueling tankers executing a battle scenario, an Air Force E-3G Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveys every aircraft in a 300 mile radius, calling out commands, verifying target hits and sending aircraft

  • Sparks fly in metal technology shop

    Sparks fly as Airmen help pieces of metal take form. These Airmen sometimes create something from nothing or improve necessary equipment for squadrons to continue their daily tasks.   Airmen from the metal technology section of the 374th Maintenance Squadron fabrication flight play an essential role

  • Reserve units support NE15

    As with all training and operational events, the U.S. military would not be successful without a total force and joint effort, and Northern Edge 2015 is no different. Reserve units such as the 507th Air Refueling Wing, based out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and the 459th Air Refueling Wing,

  • NE15 provides prime environment for testing new capabilities

    With 18 experiments and initiatives undergoing field testing in Alaskan training ranges throughout Exercise Northern Edge 15, no other venue is as well suited for high-end operational testing.   "Northern Edge airspace is unique for us in a testing environment because it has a lot of joint players

  • NE15 provides 673rd CES firefighters essential training

    U.S. Air Force firefighters with the 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a crash fire exercise during Exercise Northern Edge 2015 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 15 through 26.   NE15 is an Alaskan command hosted exercise and one of Alaska's biggest joint training

  • Next generation fighter technologies tested during Alaska military exercise

    The past meets the future when a distinctive looking aircraft with the nose and electronics of an F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter and the body of a 1960's passenger jet participates in one of the U.S. military's largest electronic warfare exercises.   A modified BAC 1-11 serves as a flying test

  • Observing Men’s Health Month in June

    June is Men's Health Month, a congressional health education program designed to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems in men and boys. Men's Health Month is celebrated across the country with screenings, health fairs and other health education and outreach activities to encouraging

  • Blast from past: 20th EBS drops last M117 bomb in PACAF

    Airmen from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, with the help of 36th Munitions Squadron Airmen, dropped the final M117 bomb in the Pacific Air Force's inventory June 26 on an uninhabited island off the coast of Guam.   The M117 bomb dates back to the mid-1950s when it was first used during the