18 March 2020 Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Impact. Defined as yielding an effect, having an impact is the singular goal Senior Airman Loida Torres Román had in mind when she joined the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing.Impact can also be defined as the striking of one object against another,...
27 February 2020 Renaissance Guardsman: Aircrew Flight Equipment Keeps C-17 Aircrew Safe JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Rotar helps pilots see in the dark, he is the admiral of a fleet comprising dozens of life rafts, and the work he does could provide aircrew with the pathogen-proof suits and masks they would need to survive a...
31 March 2021 176th Wing Prepares Mobile Rescue Operations Center for ARCTIC ACE JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Communications Flight, 210th Rescue Squadron, 211th Rescue Squadron, and 176th Operations Support Squadron Intelligence partnered with associated contractors March 22 to validate the rapid employment of a mobile rescue...
08 August 2019 210th Rescue Squadron Receives First Operational Loss Replacement Pave Hawk JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, Alaska -- Airmen of 210th Rescue Squadron delivered the first Operational Loss Replacement HH-60G Pave Hawk Aug. 5, 2019, following a four-day journey from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.The HH-60 is the Department...
30 August 2019 Director, Air National Guard Visits 176th Wing Airmen JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director, Air National Guard, visited with 176th Wing Guardsmen at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Aug. 26 and 27.The director is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting...
04 April 2019 Alaska Air National Guardsmen Show Readiness to Deploy Worldwide JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 176th Wing, one of the nation’s largest and busiest Air National Guard wings, today kicked off its participation in Polar Force 19, a base-wide exercise designed to test mission readiness.“Deploying a military force is a complex operation — many moving...
10 December 2019 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Trains Newest NCOs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Soldiers of the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, participated in a Junior Leaders Development Course Dec. 2 through 5 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).Approximately 35 Soldiers participated in the course, a lead-in to...
10 August 2018 Goodfellow AFB Welcomes Royal Thai Air Force GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- A delegation from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), led by Air Vice Marshall Pongsawat Jantasarn and Pacific Air Forces senior leaders, visited Goodfellow Air Force Base to learn more about the base’s growing international intelligence training program Aug. 2.The...
25 October 2019 Pacific, Philippine Air Forces Partner during Aeromedical Evacuation Exchange CLARK, Philippines -- U.S. medical personnel from across Pacific Air Forces held an Aeromedical Evacuation Subject Matter Expert Exchange with the Philippine Air Force at Clark AB, Pampanga, Philippines, September 9 – 11.U.S. Air Force aeromedical evacuation subject matter experts from Joint Base...
14 May 2019 Strengthening Relationships through Social Media KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Air Base and the Japan Air Self Defense Force collaborated on a contest using their Twitter pages to give followers a chance to win a tour of both bases. With roughly a 1 of 30 chance in winning, 10 people were selected to be part of a same-day tour of both Naha and...