• Airborne engineers jump, assault, repair

    High in the sky, chutes opened wide as men and women parachuted onto an enemy airfield. After quickly grouping together, the engineers seized the surrounding location and pushed on to establish a presence on the runways.  Combat engineer mine sweepers moved in while other combat engineers set up an

  • Joint Forces participate in Northern Edge 2015

    Approximately 6,000 U.S. military personnel from the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Army and Coast Guard, are participating in exercise Northern Edge 2015.Northern Edge 2015 is Alaska's premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance

  • Fuel spill exercise train Airmen to protect, preserve environment

    Water and fuels system maintenance Airmen, along with emergency responders and bioenvironmental engineering technicians, recently took part in a large-scale 4.2-million gallon fuel spill exercise. The exercise is a Federal requirement conducted tri-annually to train and prepare fuels management and

  • Electronic warfare technicians send the right signals

    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

  • Family, friends make a splash during MSG Summer Bash

    When nights slowly disappear and the sun shines for nearly 22 hours, Airmen and their families spend as much time outside enjoying their Alaskan summer as possible.Airmen and families from the 354th Mission Support Group soaked up the sun June 5 at the MSG Summer Bash in the Chena Lake Recreation

  • Dirt Boyz dream big, dig lifestyle

    Perhaps Confucius said it best, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."For two Dirt Boyz assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, Confucius seems to have hit the nail on the head.Senior Airman Andrew Sundling and Airman 1st Class Adam Pryor, both 354th CES