• Airmen use SABC, save three from icy water

    Every Airman trains for emergencies and Self Aid and Buddy Care then proves their skills during exercises, inspections and deployments. For three Icemen, SABC and communication skills became a real matter of life or death during a family trip May 26. After seeing a boat capsize in the Upper Chena

  • Government Shutdown Information

    Team Eielson,As we prepare for the possibility of a government shutdown that will start Oct. 1, here are some key details. All military members and civilians will be required to report to work Oct. 1 at their regularly scheduled time. If the shutdown does occur, non-exempted civilian employees will

  • Iceman Team earns 'excellent' rating during inspection

    The 354th Fighter Wing recently earned an 'excellent' rating following a readiness exercise and consolidated unit inspection under the reinvented Air Force inspection system Sept. 9 to 20.The inspection consisted of two parts, the first of which Airmen had to demonstrate a knowledge of and

  • Never forgotten: Icemen run to remember POW/MIA

    For 24 hours, Airmen ran. They ran to remember. They ran to pay tribute to those service members before them who were taken as prisoners of war or those missing in action. Over the course of a 24-hour relay run that began Sept. 19 and ended Sept. 20 with a reveille ceremony, units of the 354th

  • Eielson first in PACAF inspected under new AF inspection system

    Eielson is the first installation in Pacific Air Forces to be inspected under the reinvented Air Force inspection system, during a readiness exercise and consolidated unit inspection, Sept. 9 to 20. In 2010, the Air Force inspector general took steps to completely rearrange the Air Force's

  • AF top leader visits Iceman Team

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III visited Eielson Aug. 30, 2013, as part of a two-week tour of the Pacific to discuss opportunities and challenges in the region. Accompanying Welsh was his wife, Betty, and Athena Cody, wife of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody, to talk to

  • A look back: Visiting A-10 unit reflects on RF-A 13-3 experience

    RED FLAG-Alaska 13-3 drew to a close Aug. 23 after two weeks of intense tactical air combat exercises that included more than 60 aircraft and 2,600 personnel. For an Indiana Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II unit, the 163rd Fighter Squadron, from Ft. Wayne, Ind., RF-A may be over, but the