JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Medical Group Laboratory team greatly increased its capabilities to test for the COVID-19 virus and other respiratory infections when it acquired two high-capacity analyzers — one in November 2021, and another in January 2022.One of the analyzers...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 3rd Wing launched F-22 Raptors as part of Polar Force 22-4, an Agile Combat Employment-focused (ACE) exercise, from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), March 30.This is the first time the 3rd Wing has led a Polar Force exercise, with the primary...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Airmen with the 673d Communications Squadron (CS) were critical to the install of a 120-foot-tall High Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS) antenna tower at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), with the finishing touches slated to be...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- From the last frontier to the final frontier, a 90th Fighter Squadron pilot’s lifelong dream has come true.“I’ve wanted to be an astronaut since I was a little kid; I can’t even remember a time where I didn’t want to be an astronaut,” said U.S. Air Force...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- An initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 31, 2020, and inoculations began the same day.The vaccine is part of Operation Warp Speed, a national initiative to...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor loading readiness, technical expertise and teamwork were tested during the 2nd Quarterly Wing Load Crew competition where members of the 525th and 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit battled for the win at Joint Base...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Department of Defense has announced Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) as a winner of the 2020 Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence (CINC IEA).The Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence recognizes the...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Airmen Leadership School is key for Airmen to be successful front line supervisors and leaders; an important aspect considered with the recent pandemic COVID-19 affecting the lives of Airmen across the globe.“The coronavirus definitely changed how we...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The deafening roar of an F-22 Raptor or dozens of paratroopers dotting the skyline behind a C-17 Globemaster III portray fearsome capabilities of airpower, but this airpower simply cannot be projected without support.Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the 3rd...

The 673d Air Base Wing enhanced its ability to project forces in support of the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing’s exercise Agile Reaper 24-1 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 1 through 17...