• Air Force's 'Knowledge Now' streamlines flow of information

    The Air Force now has a "virtual community" where individuals can go anytime to share information with their peers anywhere in the world. Called "Knowledge Now," this community is a collaborative Web system that is accessible through the Air Force Portal and is designed to allow Airmen of all ranks,

  • 50 slots available for nurse enlisted commissioning program

    An Air Force supplemental board is scheduled for October to select 50 additional candidates due to a shortfall in the number of qualified applicants for the Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program. Program officials are looking to fill those slots for the spring 2008 start date with Airmen who want to

  • Air Force makes changes to special duty assignment pay

    Air Force officials have made changes to the special duty assignment pay program as a result of an annual review, and cuts to the special and incentive pay budget. "Budgetary constraints dictated we think 'outside the box' to find equitable means of staying within our programmed budget," said Master

  • Thrift Savings Plan improves security measures

    The Thrift Savings Plan will begin using account numbers to improve individual account holder security effective in October. TSP officials will mail new account numbers to participants in September replacing the use of Social Security numbers as the primary means to identify current civilian and

  • Icemen show colors during base-wide ORE

    The men and women of the 354th Fighter Winger pulled together during Arctic Gold 07-06, an Operational Readiness Exercise used to validate the operational-readiness status of the wing. The main objectives for ARCTIC GOLD 07-06 evaluated the stand up of unit control centers, personnel accountability

  • Eielson family to be featured in video shown at Time Square

    A local Eielson family will appear on the big screen in Time Square on Sept. 30, 2007, as part of a 40-minute video presentation by the National Down Syndrome Society that will be seen on the Newscorp Astrovision. Eight-month old Kalleigh Young, daughter of Judy and Tech. Sgt. Daniel Young, 354th

  • Servicemembers, families to donate plasma Sept. 12

    The 354th Medical Group will be conducting a bone marrow drive 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at the clinic laboratory. The marrow drive is to support the C.W. Bill Young DoD Marrow Donor Program. In the past, registration included a blood draw, but with technological advances only a cheek swab

  • Big month for a little town

    August marked a big month for a little town in Alaska. The military will officially finish the Operation Alaskan Road (OAR) project in Metlakatla on Aug. 31 after ten years of construction, training and partnership building. The road will connect the Metlakatla Indiana Community (MIC) to a closer

  • Eielson library serves as mecca for education

    Where do you go to get a study guide for a CLEP test? Who has public access computers on base? If you're here on Eielson, the answer is simple: the base library. As soon as the snows melted this year, the Eielson library moved to its current location beside Anderson Elementary School on the first