• 101 CDOS: Cell phones and driving safely

    Drive safer, talk later: Distracted driving, including the use of cell phones, is a major contributor to automobile crashes. Between 4,000 and 8,000 crashes related to distracted driving occur daily in the United States. They contribute to as many as one-half of the 6 million U.S. crashes reported

  • The doctors of maintenance

    Every Airman, regardless of age or rank, must be cleared by a medical doctor before they're able to engage in overseas contingency operations. Air Force aircraft are no different, except they don't see just any doctor. The Non-Destructive Inspection section in the 354th Maintenance Squadron provides

  • Child Development Center responds to potential H1N1 threat

    Child Development Center officials promptly stepped up procedures to prevent the spread of possible infection when a staff member reported having H1N1 Flu-like symptoms to management Wednesday. Responding as if there was a confirmed case, the CDC informed base leadership and began increasing

  • Keeping jets in the air

    As an F-16 from the 18th Aggressor Squadron parks in front of the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, scores of highly trained maintainers start the work that allows the United States Air Force to be the leading world power in air, space and cyberspace. Once an F-16 takes off anything can go wrong.

  • Stimulus reaches Eielson

    Eielson has 28 construction projects lined up to spend approximately $18 million which will boost the economy and provide jobs to the local community. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed by President Barack Obama Feb. 17, provides $787 billion to stimulate the economy and help the

  • Bringing the bite to the fight

    The 354th Medical Group Dental Clinic is surprisingly busy for being so small--treating about 8,500 patients a year and practicing more than 25,000 different procedures. "Our biggest complaint is the fear of coming to the dentist," said Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Dreier, 354th MDG Dental Flight NCO in

  • Eielson, Fairbanks get tactical

    Two groups of 354th Security Forces Airmen trained with the Fairbanks Police Department Tactical Team Aug. 12 in base housing to introduce Airmen to responding to a crisis situation, usually involving hostages. The training was a basic course run in a controlled environment that educated some of the

  • JAG Corps announces law school programs

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program are being accepted from Jan. 1 through March 1 2010. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. "Our Air Force missions are constantly changing, and commanders deserve to have access to legal advisors with a broad