• 18th AGRS: No ordinary adversary

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned the 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) land at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 24, 2019. The 18th AGRS replicates adversary tactics, techniques and procedures to provide simulated combat experience to less-experienced pilots and aircrews. (U.S. Air

  • A stronger bite for a future fight

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A military dentist’s duty is to care for a patient’s teeth and keep readiness in check for all military members.U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Walter, 354th Medical Group dentist, does just that by keeping Airmen ready-to-go, but he also recently received a request

  • Health agencies investigating severe lung illnesses linked to e-cigarette use

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with the Food and Drug Administration, state and local health departments, and other public health partners to investigate a multistate outbreak of severe lung illnesses linked to e-cigarette use.As of Sept. 6, the CDC said, 33 states as well

  • Engineering a Stronger Force

    A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) hammers a nail into place during a Field Training Exercise (FTX) at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 22, 2019. During the FTX, 354th CES Airmen created a security perimeter and built a bare base in a remote location to

  • 2019 RED FLAG-Alaska season concludes

    RED FLAG-Alaska 19-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, concludes today, Aug. 16, 2019.“For RF-A 19-3 we have participating units from the U.K., U.S., Canada and Australia,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Loren Keisling, RF-A

  • Airmen exercise Agile Combat Employment at Red Flag Alaska

    There are many features of the Indo-Pacific theatre that make it stand out from the eight other major Air Force commands; perhaps the most evident is its size and water-to-land ratio. With most of the land area consisting of small islands and thousands of square miles of ocean between, finding an