• Reveille, retreat and taps

    In 1812, Reveille was a drum call, but as time passed it came to mark when the flag was raised in the morning and honors paid to it. Since it is no longer only a call for soldiers to rise in the morning, it is proper for all military and civilian personnel to afford honors to the flag during these

  • Stress on Your Schedule?

    Military families can seem to eat, sleep and breathe stress. Some days, it can just feel like...oh, hold on a second.Hello? Air conditioning's going to break at 10 p.m.? On a Saturday? That doesn't work for me at all. How about at 8 in the morning on a Tuesday? Oh, hold on- I have to take this other

  • Eielson's Operation Change Out a glowing success

    Eielson AFB residents who recently participated in the two day Operation Change Out campaign have a lot to be excited about. The energy awareness and conservation initiative was a resounding success with residents exchanging nearly 1,400 old incandescent bulbs for new, energy efficient compact

  • Eielson's newest Master Sgts.

    Air Force officials selected 5,424 of 21,829 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a selection rate of 24.85 percent.The average score for those selected was 341.18, with an average time in grade of 4.49 years and an average time in service of 15.88 years. The average

  • New partnership bolsters high school career investigations

    Col. Michael Jordan, 354th Fighter Wing Vice Commander, Dr. Nancy Wagner, Superintendent, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and Mario Gatto, Ben Eielson High School Principal, signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding to launch a new joint venture supporting Ben Eielson High School

  • IG team grades Team Eielson

    Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing paired with the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Air Refueling wing earning a Satisfactory rating for the 354th FW and an Excellent rating for the 168th ARW in the week-long operational readiness inspection. More than 100 inspection team members from Headquarters

  • Airman convicted and sentenced for stealing BAH and COLA

    On April 14, a Senior Airman from the 354th Security Forces Squadron was tried by a special court-martial for conspiring with his wife to fraudulently steal dependent rate basic allowance for housing and cost of living allowance through a sham marriage, in violation of Articles 81, 121, 132,