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  • 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

  • Practice makes perfect for LRS sweep teams

    Conducting sweeps to locate unexploded ordnance or suspicious packages is an important action that many Airmen here are doing during this week's Pacific Air Forces Operational Readiness Inspection. One of these sweep teams from the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron made its usual rounds around their

  • Services stands up SPEK to feed Airmen

    From pallet to palette is the philosophy behind an 18th Services Squadron capability tested during this week's Pacific Air Forces Operational Readiness Inspection here. Wherever Airmen deploy, the Single Pallet Expeditionary Kitchen or SPEK, can go with them to provide support. "The SPEK is unique