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

Spanish F/A-18 Hornet fueling the fight

Prowler flies during RF-A

No fuel, no fight

RF-A: Step and pre-flight

Maintaining the jets

RF-A on the flightline

Tankers keep the fighters fighting at Red Flag-Alaska

In the skies above Iraq and Afghanistan, a tanker is always ready to provide in-flight refueling to another aircraft in need. At Red Flag-Alaska, an air combat exercise in the Last Frontier, that same ever-ready tanker presence allows the fighters to focus on fighting. Red Flag-Alaska is a

Mongolians participate in Red Flag-Alaska