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  • Pacific Air Forces cancels first iteration of Red Flag-Alaska

    After careful consideration and coordination with participating nations, Pacific Air Forces has cancelled Red Flag-Alaska 20-1 scheduled for April 30 to May 15 at Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
  • 354th Fighter Wing commander maps out 2020

    354th Fighter Wing commander maps out 2020

    Col. Benjamin Bishop, 354th Fighter Wing commander, along with Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Hurt, 354th FW command chief, hosted two all-calls Jan. 2, 2020, to talk to Airmen about how the addition of F-35A Lightning II will change the culture of Eielson Air Force Base.
  • A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eielson Air Force Base fly in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019.

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 kicks off Aug. 1

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, is scheduled to begin Aug. 1 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) and is scheduled to run through Aug. 16.
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    RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 comes in for landing

    After two weeks, approximately 2,000 sorties, and more than 1,700 total flying hours, RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 has officially come to a close.
  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright talks to members of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during an all call June 10, 2019. Chief Wright visited JBER during RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 to meet with his senior enlisted leader counterparts from throughout the Pacific. RED FLAG-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed exercise that allows U.S. forces to train with coalition partners in a simulated combat environment.

    Pacific senior enlisted leaders meet for historic Red Flag-Alaska

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-2—a Pacific Air Forces-directed exercise that allows U.S. forces to train with coalition partners in a simulated combat environment—is underway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson through June 22.
  • A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off from the flight line during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 June 13, 2017, at Eielson Air Base, Alaska. RED FLAG-Alaska provides an optimal training environment in the Indo-Asia Pacific Region and focuses on improving ground, space, and cyberspace combat readiness and interoperabillity for U.S. and international forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haley D. Phillips)

    'Red Flag' exercises continue providing realistic combat training

    It’s that time again when aircraft from U.S. and partner nations soar through the Alaskan sky as RED FLAG-Alaska has officially kicked-off for the final time this season. RF-A 17-3 is scheduled to run from July 27 to August 11.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roxanne Lawrence, a 354th Medical Operations Squadron nurse technician, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, helps stabilize a simulated casualty while it is lifted up to a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during medical evacuation training Aug. 12, 2016, outside Hangar 6 at Ladd Army Airfield on Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The simulated causality had to travel 60 feet up to the helicopter during this part of the training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Isaac Johnson)

    Airmen, Soldiers train together for EMT Rodeo

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 354th Medical Operations Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, participate in joint training with U.S. Army Soldiers on Ladd Army Airfield at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2016.
  • Maj. Scott Meng, 18th Aggressor Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, awaits take-off authorization during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-2, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 15, 2016. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises that enable joint and international forces to sharpen their combat skills by flying simulated combat sorties together in a realistic threat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)

    18th AMU secure jets for Red Flag-Alaska

    The 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base sharpened their combat skills June 15, 2016, during RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2, a Pacific Air Forces exercise that enables joint and international forces to train in a realistic threat environment.
  • U.S. Air Force Captain’s Karan Bansal, left, and Kyle McCullough, KC-135 Stratotanker pilots assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, orient to the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, May 12, 2016. The JPARC consists of all the land, air, sea, space and cyberspace used for military training in Alaska, providing unmatched opportunities for present and future Service, joint, interagency and multinational training and is comprised of approximately 65,000 square miles of available airspace, 2,490 square miles of land space with 1.5 million acres of maneuver land and 42,000 square nautical miles of sea and airspace in the Gulf of Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)

    Essential players in RED FLAG-Alaska exercise

    RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, enabling joint and international units to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures while improving interoperability in a realistic threat environment.
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