• Team Seymour pinch hits in Last Frontier

    The 4th Fighter Wing demonstrated its readiness to deliver air power on target, on time as 169 Airmen and 10 F-15E Strike Eagles deployed with short notice to Red Flag-Alaska, a multinational air combat training exercise, July 11 - 28. The wing is the lead wing for the training exercise, meaning

  • CSAR: Red Flag-Alaska provides complex rescue training

    A combat, search and rescue team saved two aircrew members who were downed in hostile territory as part of a complex, multinational training scenario July 19 at Red Flag-Alaska, an air combat exercise over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex. Red Flag-Alaska includes sophisticated CSAR training to

  • English is common denominator at Red Flag-Alaska

    Speaking in English is the common denominator for all players at Red Flag - Alaska, but for those whose native tongue is not English; this proves to be a challenge. Non-English speaking pilots quickly become task-saturated as they process a large amount of information in a different language. More

  • Motorcycle club rides to benefit Red Cross

    The recently formed Eielson chapter of the Green Knights Motorcycle Club roared across Interior Alaska Saturday in its first event, the 58 mile Ride for Red benefiting the American Red Cross of Alaska. The ride raised $3,687 for the Red Cross. Founded in 2000 at McGuire AFB, N. J., the GKMC has

  • Air National Guard Squadron Mobilized for Deployment

    Thirty-one Alaska Air National Guard members from the 168th Security Forces Squadron, stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, will begin a 10-month mobilization and deployment on Saturday in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This is the squadron's second mobilization since 2001 having deployed to