• 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

  • Iceman Team supports Coast Guard mission to Arctic

    A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130H Hercules aircraft and crew landed at Eielson recently as part of a flying mission to and above the Arctic Circle.The crew of eight, along with eight civilian scientists, arrived the first week of RED FLAG-Alaska 13-3 operations. Their mission: to fly north, perform an air

  • Neutral forces provide training, eliminate distractions

    In the early days of aerial combat, dogfights took place between two opposing forces. In the same way, RED FLAG-Alaska participants are organized into "red" aggressor forces and "blue" coalition forces - essentially the "good guy" and "bad guy" players of the exercise.In the middle of these forces