• Air Force-speak needs translation for civilian job world

    Talk with people who advise Airmen on preparing résumés for their civilian job hunt, and they'll tell you Airmen must learn to translate Air Force-speak into civilian language. Airmen need to explain terms like "deck," "flight line" or "cryptographic linguist," for example, in ways that civilian

  • Hall of Fame for the week of Nov. 2 to 8

    Airman 1st Class William H. Charleton, 354th Maintenance Squadron fuel systems apprenticeHometown: Shawneetown, Ill. Years in service: One and a half years. Family: My wife, Susannah. Education: High School diploma, working on my Community College of the Air Force degree; I am currently attending

  • Icemen now allowed to use snowmachines on base

    Snowmobile season is officially open within the cantonment area on Eielson. As of now, snowmobiles are restricted to the most direct route across the lawns to the outer areas of base. Snowmobiles will not be operated on any paved or maintained gravel roads or parking areas. Snowmobile use is

  • Prescribed burns to take place on training lands

    The U.S. Army Alaska, with the assistance of the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, will conduct a prescribed burn of debris piles located three miles northeast of Eielson Air Force Base on Fort Wainwright Army Yukon Training Area. Burning may occur any time between Oct. 31 and Nov. 14,

  • Congratulations to Eielson's newest ALS graduates

    The following senior airmen are the graduates of Airmen Leadership School class 07-7Liviu Viorel Niculcea, John L. Levitow Award Shaun Douglas Chaplin, Distinguished Graduate and Academic Achievement Award Jonathan Blaine Crandell, Distinguished Graduated and Leadership Award Kraig James BarrittDrew

  • Anticipate change in orderly room procedure

    Base Level Services Delivery Model is the personnel community's answer to the reality we face in a constrained budget environment. The Air Force is in the process of reducing end strength by approximately 40,000 members in an effort to save manpower costs and use those savings to replace its aging

  • UAF museum welcomes 354th FW for military appreciation day

    A mere 25 miles from Eielson Air Force Base, a world-class museum awaits members of the 354th Fighter Wing and their families. Located on the University of Alaska-Fairbanks campus, the University of Alaska Museum of the North offers award-winning exhibits on Alaska's cultures and natural history,