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  • New Eielson fitness center opens

    The new Eielson fitness center addition opened Aug. 13 to an anxious crowd and received words from top base officials. "The entire [fitness center] staff has worked hard to do this," said Brig. Gen. Mark Graper, 354th Fighter Wing commander. "Moving into the new building is a once-in-a-career

  • 374th Security Forces Squadron trains with tasers

    Members of the 374th Security Forces Squadron participated in taser training here Aug. 14. Several members of the unit learned how to operate the M26 and X26C tasers and other members participated in live demonstrations of the weapon by volunteering to be shocked. "The X26C shoots out prongs that

  • Yokota Airmen participate in the Fussa Tanabata Festival

    Military Members from Yokota Air Base, Japan participated in the Fussa City Tanabata Festival here Aug. 8. Airmen and U.S. citizens from Yokota had the opportunity to carry a Mikoshi, a type of portable shrine, from Shinmeisya Shrine to Fussa's City Hall. It is believed that this brings luck to the

  • Eielson base housing floods during record rainfall

    Earlier this month residents at Eielson AFB experienced the wettest July on record causing more than 80 base homes in Moose Lake and French Creek to flood. The rainfall, averaging 7.3 inches, was caused by thunderstorms in the local area and not only affected Eielson. Flooding along the Salcha and

  • Misawa SERE, JASDF rescue learn life-saving lessons

    Ensuring survival in wartime missions is something all military members train for and exercise regularly, and some Japan Air Self-Defense Force mission partners visited here July 22 and 23 to increase their understanding and ability to help Misawa pilots survive if they were shot down over the