The skies have roared with the sounds of familiar aircraft during RED FLAG-Alaska, Eielson's premier combat training exercise. However, a lesser known group of planes with a large impact is the Civil Air Patrol, the Air Force's civilian auxiliary unit which simulates threats during training...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Three new F-35A Lightning II aircraft belonging to the 354th Fighter Wing arrived from the factory line at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, to their homestation on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, July 30, 2020.The fighter jets were flagships representing the...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Walking through terrain consistent to a wet sponge for hours that seemed like days; their boots are soaked and feet pruned.Dehydration sets in and cramping starts, but they keep going one step at a time because they know the pain is only temporary and there is a...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Laying down soaring through the sky clouds are visible as far as the eye can see. In the distance appears a speck, which grows larger by the second, finally becoming recognizable as an aircraft. Now the hard part begins. Both aircraft move at hundreds of miles per...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Eielson Air Force Base Commissary began a curbside pick-up program open to all Airmen and families, April 30.The program, in conjunction with local COVID-19 guidelines, will make it easier for single parents, deployed spouses and at-risk authorized Defense...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- On May 10, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived on the Eielson Air Force Base flight line during exercise Northern Edge 2017. This is Eielson’s first high-tempo exercise for fiscal year 2017, and various agencies across the base were able to switch gears...

The 48th and 55th Rescue Squadrons completed contested maritime training off the coast of California, Nov. 1-14, 2020.The training included day and night operations in which they executed a series of rescue procedures over the Pacific Ocean to enhance overall rescue capabilities, not only on land...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, deployed F-35B Lightning IIs to Misawa Air Base to conduct aerial fighter integration training alongside the 14th Fighter Squadron throughout the month of August 2021.The Marines of...

Sixty five years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean forces attacked south across the 38th Parallel igniting the Korean War. The United States entered the war six days later and the U.S. and ROK militaries have been committed to preserving the freedom of the Republic of Korea ever since. The article...

The commander of the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade presented the Republic of Korea Air Force Air Defense Missile Command with the historic release of U.S. Air and Missile Defense doctrine specifically approved for South Korea's Patriot force, Thursday, at the Air Defense Missile Command...