03 March 2020 Alaska Air National Guard Refuels C-130 at 20,000 Feet EILSON AFB, Alaska — Pilots crowded around a long, wooden table inside a briefing room early on the morning of Feb. 27 to receive their mission. The day’s tasks: a series of touch-and-go landings followed by mid-air refueling.The KC-135 Stratotanker crews prepared to board would meet up with a C-130...
27 December 2019 Alaska’s Adjutant General Continues Rural Hub Visits to Grow National Guard Capacity JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs visited Nome, Alaska, Dec. 17-18, as part of the department’s new rural operations hub concept to strengthen the department’s ties with Alaska’s rural communities, in an effort to grow upon...
16 March 2018 Special Operations Forces Exercise in Arctic Conditions FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The U.S. military conducts mission-based training events year-round, but Arctic Edge 2018 is a unique opportunity that has brought more than 1,500 U.S. military personnel from 20-plus units together to train in arctic conditions throughout the Alaska range.For Special Operations...
06 June 2017 Operation Colony Glacier: Bringing Service Members Home JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Operation Colony Glacier, an annual mission to recover remains and aircraft debris from a 1952 crash of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster II onto Colony Glacier, began June 5 and is scheduled to continue until June 30.Fifty-two military service members...
14 June 2017 Restoring Wake Island's Guam Memorial: 'Honoring Those Who Came Before Us' WAKE ISLAND ATOLL -- Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center and Wake Island’s Detachment 1 leadership paid honor to 45 Chamorros with a rededication ceremony of the Guam Memorial June 8.In 1941, 45 Chamorro men from Guam lived on Wake Island working for Pan American Airlines, said Col. Frank...
16 November 2016 Alaskan Command and U.S. Army Alaska Host Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer Summit EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Alaskan Command and U.S. Army Alaska hosted an Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer summit Nov. 7 to 9, which included flag officers and senior enlisted leaders from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard and Canadian Forces, to...
29 August 2016 Preparing for the Worst through Practice: Exercise Arctic Chinook 2016 KOTZEBUE, Alaska -- More than 1,000 personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaskan Command, Alaska National Guard, state and local agencies, tribal organizations and Royal Canadian Air Force participated in Exercise Arctic Chinook, a joint USCG and U.S. Northern Command-sponsored exercise on the U.S...
23 June 2015 Alaska's Military continues Operation Colony Glacier Support Aboard an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the team breaks through the clouds and acquires the first glimpse of the beauty Alaskan glaciers offer. For many miles all that is seen is ice 50 to 100 feet high with crevasses highlighted in a light bluish color. Upon landing on the...
26 May 2015 Alaskan Command and U.S. Coast Guard District 17 Host Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer Conference Alaskan Command and U.S. Coast Guard District 17 hosted an Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) Conference April 29 - May 1, which included flag officers and senior enlisted leaders from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard and Canadian Forces, to strengthen...
07 October 2014 Building Relationships in Remote Alaska Traveling to locations only accessible by plane or boat, Alaskan Command leadership was able to gain insight on the life and challenges of Alaska Native Tribes as well as build relationships during a trip to several remote villages Oct. 1 to 2.Lt. Gen. Russ Handy, Alaskan Command commander, Col...