• Voting slogan contest ends April 8

    For the first time ever, the Federal Voting Assistance Program is opening its biennial voting poster and slogan contests to all U.S. citizens worldwide using Challenge.gov to facilitate the process.The FVAP Slogan Contest challenge asks for slogan ideas that inspire members of the military, their

  • Induction ceremony recognizes Eielson's newest chiefs

    A Chief Induction Ceremony was held to honor three newly inducted chief master sergeants Jan. 26, 2011 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.Members of the 354th Fighter Wing and 168th Air Refueling Wing were joined by retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley to recognize these

  • SERE stands up to the challenge

    SERE specialists were challenged with intensive tasks during a week-long advanced training program From Jan. 24 to Feb. 5, at Eielson Air Force Base.Detachment 1, 66th Training Squadron held two instruction courses--each a week-long designed to teach Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape

  • College grants up for grabs

    The Air Force Aid Society will award up to 3,000 grants to dependents of Air Force members for their college education through the General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program. Applications for these $2,000 need-based grants are now available from the Society's website, www.afas.org. Completed

  • It's called a "Silent Killer"

    Often called the silent killer, carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, and methane burn incompletely. If you reside in base housing your risk is decreased due to steam heat and electric stoves which do not

  • Find a rewarding career with OSI

    If someone were to ask you, "What does the Air Force Office of Special Investigations do," how would you respond? If you said, they are the people who wear civilian clothes and investigate military members using drugs, you would be partially correct, but that is not all we do. The AFOSI has many

  • New CGO housing at Eielson

    Base leadership recently held an open house ribbon cutting ceremony in Ravens Wood neighborhood, Eielson Air Force Base's newest housing tract.The company-grade officer housing area will add 29 new homes to the base's housing inventory once the construction contractor transfers ownership to the

  • Eielson strives for VPP star status

    Eielson Air Force Base recently became involved in the Voluntary Protection Program which encourages Airmen and civilian workers to practice safe habits and remain vigilant for possible workplace hazards.The Department of Defense VPP Center of Excellence gap analysis team inspected different units

  • Comm Sq. keeps airfield wired

    Airfield systems Airmen maintain various electronic components to help preserve the Eielson Air Force Base mission and keep pilots flying.The airfield systems shop is responsible for the regular maintenance and periodic inspection of vital sysyems to help carry on war-fighting capabilities;