• IAF overcomes challenges, takes best practices from RF-Alaska

    With 5,300 miles between them and home maintenance airmen from the Indian Air Force, 14 Fighter Squadron from Ambala Air Base, India are experiencing a far different climate, terrain and common work practices while they participate in RED FLAG-Alaska 16-1.While at Eielson they will simulate the

  • Aircrew flight equipment: no masking safety

    While pilots fly at the speed of sound, multi-tasking is in full force, but safety remains a top priority in the skies.Maintenance Airmen make sure each aircraft is ready to fly, but one crew works meticulously behind the scenes to ensure each pilot’s flight equipment is in top working condition.

  • Eielson high school wins big in Follett Challenge

    Ben Eielson High School won the 5th Annual Follett Challenge; which earned the school a total of $60,000.The Follett Challenge seeks innovative school programs that teach necessary skills to students. BEHS’s video submission featured its STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program and

  • Preparing for take off

    U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jacob “Hobs” Houder, a pilot assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, listens to the flight de-brief May 5, 2016, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Houder is participating in his first RED FLAG-Alaska exercise; a series of Pacific Air Forces

  • Weathering RED FLAG-Alaska 16-1

    Alaska’s weather can change in the blink of an eye, and although weather conditions may not always be clear, one team ensures pilots are not clouded on what the weather will be like once they’re up in the air.Members of the 354th Operations Support Squadron teamed up with augmentees from

  • Air traffic controller ops in high gear for RED FLAG-Alaska

    RED FLAG-Alaska 16-1 is in full swing and the air traffic controllers are the backbone to ensuring every aircraft takes off and lands safely.RF-A usually brings various airframes into the mission, which adds complexity to the air traffic controllers’ mission.“Mixing all the different airframes

  • Mountains look crisp for RED FLAG-Alaska

    A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle tactical fighter jet assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 4, 2016, during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-1. The F-15s are deplyed to Eielson for RF-A, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed

  • Flying to get familiar; maintainer gains new perspective of mission

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Victoria Ortaleza, a 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electronic and environmental systems journeyman, waits to board the F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft she will fly in at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 4, 2016, during a RED FLAG-Alaska 16-1 sortie. Ortaleza

  • Flying for RED FLAG-Alaska

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeromy Guinther, an 18th Aggressor Squadron pilot, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft May 4, 2016, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-1. Sorties for RF-A are flown in the JPARC, a more than 67,000 square mile area that

  • 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit kicks it into high gear

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dyllan Jones, a crew chief assigned to the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepares an F-15 Eagle tactical fighter jet prior to a launch at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 3, 2016, during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-1. RF-A is a series of