• Hall of Fame for Oct. 5 to 11

    Tech. Sgt. Heath Tempel, 354th Civil Engineer Squadron section chief explosive ordnance disposal training Hometown: North Pole, Alaska. Years in service: 10 Family: All live right here in North Pole. Education: Some college at the University of Fairbanks-Alaska. Previous Assignments: Moody AFB, Ga.

  • Deployed Icemen train to fight fire

    With the temperature already reaching 105 degrees at 10 a.m., firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron donned their fire retardant suits, adding another 40-50 degrees of heat, to perform an exercise in Coalition Compound Sept. 26. The first exercise of the day was a mock

  • Snowmachining ticket to winter fun

    Ready or not, winter is on its way. The leaves have already starting turning all those wonderful colors and are falling to the ground. Before you know it, that fun little white stuff is going to start blanketing Eielson and the surrounding area. It will be time to park the ATVs in the garage and

  • Chief of staff addresses future of airpower at conference

    The Air Force chief of staff wrapped up the three-day Air Force Association's 2007 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition with an address before a crowd of several hundred Sept. 26 here. In his address, titled "To fly, fight and win in the 21st century," Gen. T. Michael Moseley drove

  • CJRs available for all reenlisting Airmen

    Air Force officials announced fiscal 2008 will start without any restrictions on first-term Career Job Reservations for enlisted specialties. Most years Airmen compete for a limited number of jobs within their Air Force specialty codes, but this year, Air Force officials expect to meet enlisted

  • WIngs combine efforts for upcoming exercises

    Eielson's 354th Fighter Wing and the 168th Air Refueling Wing are both immersed in total force integration processes and will show their ability to team together in an upcoming command-led Operational Readiness Inspection in the fall of 2008. To prepare for that inspection, both wings are taking

  • Hall of Fame for week of Sept. 29-Oct. 4

    Airman 1st Class, Alana Smith, 354 Operations Group information manager. Hometown: Deer Lodge, Mont. Years in service: Nine months. Family: Father Joel Smith, mother Becky Smith, brother Brandon Smith and sister Abby Smith. Education: High school diploma. Previous Assignments: This is my first duty

  • Families of deployed enjoy special event

    A large contingent of the Iceman Team is currently deployed during this Air Expeditionary Force cycle and the Eielson Airman and Family Readiness Center personnel went into action hosting their first Hearts Apart Deployed Family social Friday at the Eielson Community Center. According to Master Sgt.