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  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, and KC-10 Extenders from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, sit on the flightline here on Apr 9 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. Red Flag-Alaska enables aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by flying ten simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment. Additionally, the training allows them to exchange tactics, techniques, and procedures and improve interoperability. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    B-1 Bombers on track during Red Flag-Alaska

    Capt Timothy Griffith, 37th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, is interviewed for a feature story  here April 9 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. To view the video, click on the link, http://www.af.mil/flashcontent/AFA070418_REDFLAG_AFR_1.m4v. Red Flag-Alaska enables aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by flying ten
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska--Three F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Fighter Squadron refuel behind a KC-10 Extender over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert Wieland)

    Eielson pilots assume role of aggressor aircraft

    Eielson F-16 pilots took to the skies as aggressors for the first time in Red Flag-Alaska history. Aggressors are a valuable training tool for Red Flags. The pilots and aircraft, F-15s or F-16s, are specially trained to act as the enemy during exercise scenarios. The aircraft sport distinguishable paint jobs and pilots use only the capabilities
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Navy F/A-18 from Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Seven (VFA-87) sits on the flightline here during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 here on April 12. VFA-87 is home based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    Navy F/A-18 Hornets

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 64th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada waits to taxi during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    Face of the Threat

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Eight F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 64th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada sit in front of the Thunderdome on April 16 for Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder)

    Red Flag-Alaska

  • Taken from the deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8), a B-25 bomber makes its way to be part of the first U.S. air raid on Japan. (U.S. Navy photo)

    Doolittle Raiders to meet for 65th anniversary reunion

    Seven surviving members of the famed "Doolittle Tokyo Raiders," will descend on San Antonio, this week for a series of events marking the 65th anniversary of one of the most notable airpower missions in military history. Personally ordered by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the raid was a response to Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor nearly five
  • Lt. Gen. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle

    Jimmy Doolittle: famed airpower pioneer

    The man the "Doolittle Raiders" are named for may not be a household name today, but James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle was once one of the most famous celebrities in America, even before the raid, and remains one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th Century. Born in Alameda, Calif., on Dec. 14, 1896, Doolittle spent his youth in Nome, Alaska where
  • Airman 1st Class Alacia Lane and Senior Airman Ian Murphy complete a gear repack on the front landing gear of a B-52 Stratofortress deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has compiled an impressive 84.2 percent mission capable rate while deployed to Guam, higher than the 76 percent mission standard expected back at the unit's home station at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The Airmen are deployed with the 36th EAMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Don Perrien)

    Barksdale Airmen take care of B-52 business 7,000 miles away

    The ground shakes and the flightline shudders as the eight engines of a B-52 Stratofortress beat gravity into submission lifting the giant bomber into the air. Each of the bomber's engines can produce more than 17,000 pounds of thrust along with a deafening roar, but for the Airmen assigned to the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,

  • Month of the Military Child observes Shaken Baby Syndrome

    Eielson AFB is a community that cares about its families, and once again joins together to celebrate April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Department of Defense is launching a department-wide campaign to prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome in collaboration with the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome in observation of this month. Shaken Baby
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- 1st Lt. Ryan Maclean, 6th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, C.A., looks at the B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., while taxiing a KC-10 Extender on the flightline on April 16 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)

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