• Lightning takes to the skies over Eielson AFB

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Grant Saum, the 354th Fighter Wing F-35 Program Integration Office director of operations, and Maj. Brian Mueller, the 356th Fighter Squadron (FS) assistant director of operations, prepare to step to the aircraft at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 24, 2020. This marked the

  • 356th AMU takes in first F-35s

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Krutke, an F-35 avionics system craftsman with the 356th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU), prepares to place chalks for one of the first of two F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation aircraft assigned to the 356th Fighter Squadron after its arrival at Eielson Air Force

  • F-35s join Alaskan airpower team

    Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft fly over the Alaska Canada Highway en route to their new home at the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 21, 2020. The F-35 represents a new model of international cooperation, ensuring U.S. and Coalition partner security well into the 21st

  • Pacific Air Forces cancels second iteration of Red Flag-Alaska

    After careful consideration and close coordination with participating nations and units, Pacific Air Forces has cancelled the Red Flag-Alaska 20-2 exercise scheduled for June 11 - 26 at Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

  • Barging into the fight: Eielson receives critical munitions

    Eielson AFB received its largest munitions supply in years April 6-13, 2020. Seeing this process through is the 354th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight which conducted their biannual receiving, inspection, and storing of munitions, known as a munitions barge.

  • Know, teach, replicate: 18th AGRS mission continues

    A pilot assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) taxis onto the runway following pre-flight procedures on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 9, 2020. 18th AGRS pilots met fighter pilots assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in the skies above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range

  • 354th LRS; one-stop shop for heavy vehicle maintenance

    Senior Airman Mathew Bowen, a 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance journeyman, takes a brief break from working to pose for a photo at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 8, 2020. Bowen is a second-generation Air Force vehicle mechanic; his father, former Senior Airman Tom Bowen,