• 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,