EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Every Airman’s day-to-day tasks are somehow connected to the communications squadron. Buildings, offices, even underground is mapped through a squadron of less than 100 personnel; directing every phone call, email or network issue.Eielson’s very own 354th...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 16-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, Joint National Training Capability accredited exercise, officially started Aug. 4 with familiarization day, followed by 10 days of simulated combat sorties. Originally operated under the name COPE THUNDER, the...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 17-1, the first RF-A for Fiscal Year 17 and the last RF-A of this calendar year, officially kicked-off Oct. 6 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. This is a Pacific Air Forces’ commander-directed training exercise using the world’s premier Joint...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Ice crystals build up on eyelashes and face masks and ice chunks drag from the bottoms of pants as Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron brave the frozen tundra to construct an ice bridge to the Blair Lakes Range Maintenance Complex.With temperatures...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 354th Fighter Wing's (FW) mission is to prepare, deploy, and enable Airmen. To help them prepare for contingencies, Eielson conducts various exercises to ensure Airmen are ready.Beginning on April 2, the 354th FW conducted exercise Arctic Gold (AG) 17-5 to...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia -- U.S. Air Force Airmen from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, touched down at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, in New South Wales, Australia, for Exercise Diamond Shield 2017.With a dedicated support team topping nearly 150 personnel, over 20 pilots assigned to...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Twice a day during NORTHERN EDGE 2017 (NE17), maintainers work to ensure each pilot’s jet is prepped, properly fueled and ready to fly.Up in the air, members from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, take over and ensure the training...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- After competing at the wing-level and being nominated all the way through to the Pacific Command, Master Sgt. Lallchan Seunarine was handpicked to attend the Singapore Enlisted Officer Training Course, which is their military’s version of the Noncommissioned Officer...

Gen. Lori Robinson, the Pacific Air Forces commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Buddy Hutchison, the Pacific Air Forces command chief, visited Eielson Air Force Base to gain a better understanding of base capabilities and unit readiness Dec. 4-6. During her visit, General Robinson, who assumed command...

The success of exercises such as NORTHERN EDGE and RED FLAG-Alaska, rely on electronic attack pods to simulate threats and allow pilots from all over the world learn to adjust their sortie when an attack occurs.As technology advancements are made in the enemy's electronic attacks, pilots learn to...