• Initiative extends Eielson glove to youth baseball community

    Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth said, "I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and 16 wearing a glove and swinging a bat."The 354th Force Support Squadron and community partners from the surrounding area are contributing toward this dream with a program as part

  • Airman of the Month Jet Launch program begins

    Senior Airman Diamond Thompson, a 354th Medical Group public health technician, found herself standing mere feet from an engine capable of producing 28,000 pounds of thrust and propelling a jet 1,500 miles per hour Nov. 6 at the 18th Aggressor Squadron aircraft hangars.Thompson earned a 354th MDG

  • Iceman in Action: Senior Airman Tiffinie Cruz

    Rank and Name: Senior Airman Tiffinie CruzDuty Title: Budget Analyst and Separation Technician, 354th Comptroller SquadronHometown: San Antonio, TexasWhy is serving in the Air Force important to you? Serving in the Air Force is important because it helped me get my life in order and was able to give

  • I'm a Survivor: David Cline

    (This article is part of a series featuring Airmen and their families, as well as DOD civilians who have fought or continue to fight a battle with cancer. To view the previous story, click here.)For Senior Airman David Cline, a 354th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operator (dirt boy), the

  • Chiefs, shirts school ALS class 16-1 in volleyball game

    In a bid for bragging rights between Eielson's newest leaders and those who've been around the Air Force a few years, Airman Leadership School class 16-1 learned some lessons from the 354th Fighter Wing's chief master sergeants and first sergeants.The volleyball matchup, cherished by those leading

  • Iceman in Action: Staff Sgt. Nadine Statham

    Rank and Name: Staff Sgt. Nadine StathamDuty Title: Pharmacy technician, 354th Medical GroupHometown: Crescent City, CaliforniaWhy is serving in the Air Force important to you? Serving in the Air Force is important to me because the Air Force took care of my brother in his time of need. It's the

  • 354 SFS defenders hone low-light shooting, tactics

    Red lasers painted black silhouettes and a haze of burnt gun powder hung in the still 20 degree air as streaks of light speed into a snow-filled field beyond paper targets.With little light, the number of holes punched in the targets would remain a mystery until after the volley of rounds.Each

  • I'm a Survivor: Cathy Fitzgerald

    (This article is part of a series featuring Airmen and their families, as well as DOD civilians, who have fought or continue to fight a battle with cancer.)March 2008Cathy Fitzgerald, a financial and computer support assistant for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations detachment at Eielson

  • "Winter-vention" in full swing

    The 354th Force Support Squadron kicked off its "Winter-vention" campaign with a bang, bringing more than 1,000 Icemen and their families together to celebrate the yearly Fall Festival."Winter-vention" is a program created by the 354th FSS to provide events and activities for Icemen and their