• Air Force Tuition Assistance and distance learning

    Airmen are now sent on longer and more frequent deployments, and the stress these tours put on them and their families is often considerable. For many men and women serving repeated tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, there are also stresses concerning their eventual civilian job prospects

  • Local communities help deployed phone home

    Eielson AFB and Fort Wainwright will be providing drop-off sites for the non-profit program, Cell Phones for Soldiers. Cell Phones for Soldiers recycles old and unwanted cell phones for cash. The cash is used to buy pre-paid calling cards which are then distributed to U.S. troops. The charity has

  • Eielson to celebrate AF 60th birthday Sept. 14

    The Eielson Air Force Gala committee has planned a 60th Anniversary celebration 6 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Aurora Club. The theme for the event is "Through the Decades," each group has been assigned a room to decorate with a specific "decade" to commemorate the Air Force's 60th birthday. The best

  • Chapel to hold multi-faith rally, parade

    In 1995 the Eielson chapel held a multi-faith, chapel rally and parade, the project was a great success for the Eielson community with hundreds of participants. This year, the chapel will put on another multi-faith chapel rally parade starting 10:30 a.m. Sept. 8 in the Aurora Club parking lot, and

  • Holiday Greetings Program to visit Eielson

    It may be a bit early to pull out the tinsel and pine cone wreaths to begin decorating for the holiday season, but it is time to get ready to participate in one of the most popular video segments in America during the holiday season. An Army and Air Force Hometown News Service holiday greetings team

  • Some detergents a hazard for ABUs

    Laundry additives known as "optical brighteners" should not be used for washing the Airman Battle Uniform. Laundry instructions for ABUs specify not using any laundry detergents that contain optical brighteners. Optical Brighteners make the ABU more detectable by night vision equipment and make the

  • Volunteers needed to plant trees on base

    Volunteers needed Eielson's trees are truly a resource to be proud of. Eielson was the first tree city community within Alaska and recently celebrated it's 14th anniversary. As urban and native forests are actively managed to provide shade, wind breaks, color, fuel, as well as visual and sound

  • Airmen invited to 'Do Something Amazing'

    As part of the "Do Something Amazing" national advertising campaign, Air Force officials are offering Airmen the opportunity to submit videos showing Air Force members in action, and the best videos will be posted to the official Web site -- www.dosomethingamazing.com.  To submit a video for

  • 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