• NATO provides "eye in the sky" for RED FLAG

    The air war is underway at RED FLAG-Alaska 18-1. But fifty miles southwest and ten thousand feet above the dog fighting, a NATO E-3A Component jet circles in its flight pattern, soaking up signals and squawks about the fluid battle space below and providing friendly forces a watchful "eye in the

  • 168th Wing maintainers support RF-A 18-1

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Hayes, a hydraulics technician assigned to the 168th Maintenance Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, repairs a steering disconnect valve for a KC-135R May 3, 2018. As a hydraulics technician, Hayes has the ability to diagnose

  • Soaring through the skies during RF-A 18-1

    A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron based at Kadena Air Base, Japan, moves into position to refuel an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 2, 2018. The 18 AGRS were participating in

  • CSAF Civic Leaders Visit Eielson

    A civic leader tour hosted by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force visited Eielson Air Force Base April 28, 2018;this was the final stop in a broad tour of the Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility that included visits to Guam, Hawaii, Korea and Japan. The twenty-four civic leaders, accompanied

  • First RED FLAG-Alaska 2018 commences

    April 26 marked the official start of the 2018 season of RED FLAG-Alaska. The exercise serves as an ideal platform for international engagement and has a long history of including allies and partners, ultimately enabling all involved to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures while improving

  • Mentoring Moments: Chief Master Sgt. Paul Martin

    “I get told from time to time ‘I want to be just like you,’ or another SNCO. I don’t think that’s the right goal or the right thing to achieve. I think the better thing to achieve is to become the best you and if you become the best you, then you’ll know what it means to be successful.”- CMSgt Paul

  • Site Action Task Force Prepares for F-35 Arrival

    The F-35 has matured into a capable aircraft and it’s beginning to be based around the world. Eielson is one of those locations and it is set to house two F-35A Lightning II squadrons by the year 2022. To prepare for this monumental change, which is currently expected to increase the base’s

  • Iceman In Action: Airman 1st Class Gabriel Castaneda

    Iceman in Action Interview QuestionsName/Rank: Airman 1st Class Gabriel Castaneda Duty Title: 354th Maintenance Squadron, jet engine intermediate maintenance(JEIM) technician Hometown: Fremont, California