• Aircrews poised to kick off RED FLAG – Alaska 10-2

    The initial briefings and familiarization flights are complete, now pilots and aircrew will participate in world-class aerial combat training in the skies above Alaska until the end of April. Eielson Air Force Base is hosting RED FLAG-Alaska 10-2, the first exercise in the 2010 calendar year, which

  • Welcome RED FLAG-Alaska 10-2 participants

    Red Flag Participants,On behalf of "Team Eielson", welcome to "The Great Land" and RED FLAG-Alaska 10-2.The 354th Fighter Wing has been busily preparing for your arrival and offers Eielson AFB as your home for the next couple of weeks.Before we focus our attention on mission planning, sorties and

  • Eielson's newest housing opens for residents

    Century Park North neighborhood opened April 9 allowing the first family to move into a new housing tract that is part of the largest American Recovery and Reconstruction Act in the Air Force.Staff Sgt. Hugh Mulhern, from the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron, along with his wife and four children

  • Keeping it real, keeping it current

    A year after the Defense Finance and Accounting Service first launched the myPay Web-based pay account system in 2000, less than 500,000 military, military retirees, annuitants and federal civilian employees were listed as online users. Today that number has increased to approximately 3.7 million

  • Summer Fire Safety

    In preparation for summer, the Eielson Fire Emergency Service Flight asks that you take the time to observe a few safety guidelines when using a patio fire pit or cooking on a charcoal grill. Safe cooking will ensure that your summer is filled with joyous memories roasting marshmallows in the

  • Article 15 punishments imposed from Oct 2009 through Jan 2010 at Eielson

    The following are Uniform Code of Military Justice actions taken against members of the Eielson Air Force Base community. A Senior Airman from 354th Security Forces Squadron, failed to obey a lawful general regulation while on temporary duty and was drunk and disorderly. He was punished with a

  • Original song competition at MyAirForceLife.com

    More than 70 years ago, Capt. Robert MacArthur Crawford, an Airman with the Army Air Corps, won an original song competition that eventually became the official song for the U.S.Air Force. Captain Crawford wrote the lyrics and music to "Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder."Starting April 5 through

  • Alive at 25

    What is the number one killer in the Air Force? Is it combat operations in theater? This may come as a surprise, but the majority of our Airmen are killed on our nation's highways. Automobile accidents are the number one cause of death for Airmen. Last year, the Air Force lost 47 Airmen in vehicle