• Exercise AG 17-5 kicks off

    The 354th Fighter Wing's mission is to prepare, deploy, and enable Airmen. To help them prepare for contingencies, Eielson conducts various exercises to ensure Airmen are ready.Beginning on April 2, the 354th FW conducted exercise Arctic Gold 17-5 to promote the readiness and ability of Airmen to

  • Eielson breaks ground for F-35A Lightning II flight simulator

    In April 2015, the Air Force selected Eielson Air Force Base to become the first operational overseas location for the F-35A Lightning II. On March 29, Col. David Mineau, the 354th Fighter Wing commander, officially broke ground for the F-35 beddown; less than a year after the initial selection was

  • Know, teach, replicate: 18th AGRS provides world-class training during DS17

    It requires remarkable skill, dedication and discipline to become a military pilot. Despite the nation’s colors that don an aircraft’s fuselage, or what service affiliation rests on the chest’s of its aircrew, a military pilot is a capable and readily accessible force for effectively responding to

  • Fighting fire with Eielson fire

    Wildfires are frequent in the Interior of Alaska. With thousands of acres of land to cover and minimal manning, firefighting can be a tiresome task.Although there is a lot of land to cover, the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters are prepared to drop everything when they hear the siren

  • Under the Australian sky

    The U.S. Air Force 18th Aggressor Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons sit on the tarmac at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, in New South Wales, Australia, March 19, 2017, during exercise Diamond Shield.

  • CSAF Statement on Wingman Conduct

    People are the foundation of our Air Force. Our mutual support for each other is based on dignity, respect and trust ... a Wingman culture. As Wingmen we must continuously demonstrate courage and strength of character to do and say the right things, at the right times, to protect each other ...

  • Air Force surgeon general visits 354th MDG

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force surgeon general, Kathleen Lelevier, the 354th Medical Group bioenvironmental water program manager, and Chief Master Sgt. Edward Pace, the Medical Enlisted Forces chief, pose for a photo, March 10, 2017 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Ediger