• Deignan assumes command of 354th CONS

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Charles Deignan, the 354th Contracting Squadron commander, poses for a photo at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 11, 2020. Deignan assumed command of the squadron in August. He previously served as the executive assistant in the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime in

  • Eielson Airmen participate in 9/11 Remembrance Ruck

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brandon Brown, the 354th Security Forces Squadron noncommissioned officer head of operations, carries an American flag during a 9/11 Remembrance Ruck on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 11, 2020. The march honors those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 and in

  • Eielson gets new MSG commander

    Col. Shawn Anger, the 354th Fighter Wing commander, presided over the 354th Mission Support Group change of command ceremony, July 8, 2020, during which Col. Stuart Williamson assumed command from Col. Chad Bondurant.

  • F-35A fleet doubles at Eielson

    The F-35A Lightning II fleet has officially doubled at Eielson with the arrival of three new F-35As June 25, 2020.The first two F-35As arrived in April and the third in May.

  • Bombers project power from the Last Frontier, once again

    He who holds Alaska holds the world. U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell first uttered those words in his 1935 testimony to Congress. Considered by many to be one the founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force, the World War I pilot declared what military aviators in the far north now know to be

  • Eielson F-35As hit 100 sortie milestone

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Samuel Chipman, the 356th Fighter Squadron director of operations, conducts pre-flight checks at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 17, 2020. The flight marked the 100th sortie for Eielson’s F-35As. The first two fifth-generation fighters assigned to Eielson arrived to