• AF force structure changes

    Air Force officials announced proposed force structure changes which support the new DoD strategic guidance retiring 286 aircraft over the next five years, including 227 in fiscal year 13.The announcement specifies the force structure changes experienced by the Total Force, and includes Fiscal Year

  • Career advisor breaks it down

    The decision to reenlist impacts both Airmen and their families.As the 354th Fighter Wing career assistance advisor, Master Sgt. Michele Deaner works with supervisors and the Military Personnel Section to keep Airmen informed about career progression and personnel programs that could be vital to

  • Airmen take skills to next level

    Airmen arrive at Eielson from a variety of backgrounds and with many different levels of experience. How can it be assured that every Airman has the tools needed to be an asset to their shop and perform to Air Force Standards?The Air Force Trainer's Course provides supervisors the skills to properly

  • Heating up with Eielson’s locomotives

    As it inches forward on the railroad, the locomotive hisses as if protesting against the cold of Alaska. The engineer presses the train on, pulling and pushing a lever to control its speed.Today's mission: move rail cars of coal, each car carrying roughly 90 tons, to the central heat and power

  • Senior library technician loves life, learning

    What is a career? Is it working a long time at the same place? Maybe. For Anne Eddleman, who has spent thirty years working at the Eielson Air Force Base Library doing what she loves best, a career is a lifetime spent sharing her thirst for knowledge with others. She arrived at Eielson Air Force

  • Amber Hall's past provides answers for the future

    Built 60 years ago, today's 354th Fighter Wing Headquarters building, known as Amber Hall still accommodates the mission needs of the Iceman Team. It has survived years of change -- both in structure and mission. Long hallways echo its celebrated history and offer Airmen fragments of their past and

  • Airmen learn to bounce back with resiliency training

    Icemen gathered Monday to exercise, listen and speak about various ways of maintaining resilience against today's stressors.The Air Force-wide stand down focused on providing techniques in the form of mental, physical, social or spiritual practices to help Airmen cope with personal problems, whether

  • New audiometric test room helps Iceman Team

    More than 1,000 people at Eielson Air Force Base use it once a year. What is it? It's a soundproof hearing test booth, better known as an audiometric test room, and Eielson has added a brand new one to the inventory.The booth is used as a quiet room to administer audiology exams and, more

  • Why do we have to pay taxes?

    We are fortunate to live in a country where we get to pay taxes. Taxes pay for our highways, law enforcement, armed forces and many other public services that sometimes we take for granted. The federal government's power to tax is derived from Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United