• FOD-free for RED FLAG-Alaska

    “Sticks and stones may break my bones,” and they can also damage aircraft. Nuts, bolts and other parts are necessary for aircraft to fly, but not when they are lying on the airfield.Approximately 800 Airmen with the 354th Fighter Wing and tenant units gathered en masse April 11 to ensure pieces of

  • Exposition aims to reduce alcohol-related incidents for second year

    More than 450 members of the 354th Fighter Wing and tenant units attended an alcohol education exposition held by the 354th Medical Group mental health flight April 8 at the Baker Field House.  This is the second time the event was held after the Air Force Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and

  • Eielson selected to receive operational F-35A aircraft

    Col. Michael P. Winkler, the 354th Fighter Wing commander, announced the Secretary of the Air Force’s signed decision to select Eielson Air Force Base as the new home for the service’s first operational overseas F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft base during an April 4, 2016,

  • No bite no fight; dental clinic provides same day crown service

    The 354th Medical Group dental clinic recently received equipment that can help keep Icemen deployable when they’re in need of a root canal and a crown.  The equipment, which consists of a digital impression machine, a mill and an oven, significantly reduces a time-intensive, three week process and

  • Eielson Airmen journey to Aleyska

    Sixteen unaccompanied Airmen visited Aleyska Resort, Girdwood, Alaska, on a chapel-sponsored ski trip aimed to build morale.  Airman stationed at Eielson face a unique challenge -- harsh, long winters and little recreational opportunities. This can be especially disheartening if Airmen have to face

  • Fuels Airmen hold training for Fort Wainwright soldiers

    Fuels Airmen from the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron held a training opportunity March 1 for 14 soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska.The Wainwright soldiers often send fuel samples to Eielson to be tested by the Airmen because they don’t have the same capabilities as the Eielson laboratories.

  • Iceman engineers build up range for RED FLAG-Alaska

    Building a bridge can come with many challenges, especially when the materials are water and below freezing temperatures.Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron head to Delta Junction, Alaska, each year to construct a bridge made of ice, spending weeks at a time in the Alaskan wilderness