07 February 2020 Eielson Stands Up Field Training Detachment, Hosts First F-35 Courses EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 372nd Training Squadron’s Detachment 25 stood up the first F-35 field training detachment (FTD) in the Pacific Air Forces command and completed its first F-35 Egress and Low Observable courses on Feb. 5, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.With the first of...
06 January 2020 354th Fighter Wing Commander Maps Out 2020 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- 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...
24 January 2020 Aggressors Say Goodbye Hawaii, Hello Guam EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) are leaving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii after participating in Sentry Aloha 20-1 Jan. 8-22, 2020.Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of exercises hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) enabling tailored, cost...
10 January 2020 Aggressors Fly South for Mobile Training EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 18th Aggressor Squadron departed Eielson this week to participate in exercise Sentry Aloha 20-1, which is scheduled to take place Jan. 8-22.For more than 20 years, Sentry Aloha exercises have provided tailored, cost-effective and realistic combat training for...
26 November 2019 Iceman Spark Tours University of Alaska Fairbanks, Initiates Innovative Partnership FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The 354th Fighter Wing’s Iceman Spark executive council toured facilities and spoke with University of Alaska Fairbanks personnel to collaborate toward a stronger relationship.Iceman Spark empowers Airmen to pioneer innovative tools to prepare the warfighter for 21st century...
05 October 2018 RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1 Gets Off the Ground EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1, a realistic training exercise of simulated combat, is scheduled to begin Oct. 4 and continue through Oct. 18, 2018.Throughout RF-A 19-1, international partners from the Republic of Korea Air Force and the Finnish Air Force will experience what...
26 October 2018 Arctic Anvil Executes Multi-domain Operations on a Large-scale EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- During the last RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) exercise of the year, forces banded together for Arctic Anvil, a military training exercise which took place Oct. 9-21 at the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely. Arctic Anvil is a joint, multi-national, force-on-force...
11 March 2019 Arctic Gold 19-4 Tests Eielson Emergency Response Capability EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Eielson held a major accident response exercise to better prepare the base for possible aircraft incidents March 6-7, 2019.“This exercise scenario involved a mid-air collision resulting in a downed aircraft,” said Master Sgt. Bradley Moore, 354th Fighter Wing...
30 April 2019 Eielson Airmen prepare the F-35 for Arctic operations EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With weather dropping below negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit and days filled with darkness, living in Alaska during the winter months can be anything but easy. The same can be said about trying to survive in that unforgiving environment after ejecting from an...
03 April 2019 Success through Egress EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Bailout! Bailout! Bailout!” is a fighter pilots last words before pulling the escape lever and putting their life in the hands of an egress Airmen.Each day the 354th Maintenance Squadron egress section maintains and repairs the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft escape...