• Cookie drive delivers holiday warmth during Alaskan winter

    Volunteers baked more than 5,500 cookies for the single Airmen living in the dormitories Dec. 14 during Operation Cookie Crunch at the Yukon Club. "The importance of the cookie drive is for morale building," said Jeanette Pauer, OCC project coordinator and wife of Lt. Col. Brett Pauer, 353rd Combat

  • Hall of Fame for Dec. 21 to Dec. 27

    Staff Sgt. Vernon Verschelden, 354th Contracting Squadron contracting specialistHometown: Topeka, Kan. Years in service: Eight. Family: Wife, Jessica; Daughters: Kaylee (3), Isabelle (2) and a son, Dalton (6 months) Education: Completed my Community College of the Air Force degree and am working on

  • Thunderbirds announce 2008 schedule

    The Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, has announced its 2008 airshow schedule. The team is scheduled to perform more than 67 shows in 25 states and Canada, as it commemorates the 55th Anniversary of the "Ambassadors in Blue." Lt. Col. Greg Thomas takes the reigns as the

  • Program offers cash, advanced assignment consideration

    Airmen selected for assignment to South Korea who apply for the Korea Assignment Incentive Pay Program can earn $300 a month and apply for advanced assignment consideration. The incentive program authorizes the monthly payments to Airmen who sign a written agreement to serve the prescribed tour

  • Eielson's latest ALS graduates

    The following senior airman are the most recent graduates of Eielson's Airman Leadership School, class 08-1.Jeremy Pierce, John L. Levitow Award winner Sheila Gummin, Distinguished Graduate and Academic Achievement Award Jaclyn Thompson, Leadership Award Darrell Egan Stephanie Bandy Terrence

  • Tops in Blue on their way to Eielson

    Tops In Blue, the Air Force's premier entertainment showcase for the entire family, will perform for the Iceman Team at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 11 and 12 at the Eielson base theater. The unit brings the best in music, dance and comedy to the heart of Alaska - all free of charge and all delivered by the best