• 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

  • Top of the world

    U.S. Air Force Capt. John Peskar, 18th Aggressor Squadron pilot, prepares to refuel an F-16 Fighting Falcon from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, May 3, 2016, during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-1 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is

  • RED FLAG-Alaska kicks off

    Residents of Interior Alaska may see and hear increased flying activity as the first RED FLAG-Alaska of the calendar year, RF-A 16-1, begins and runs through May 13, 2016. RF-A provides U.S. and allied pilots, aircrews and operational support personnel the opportunity to train and improve their air

  • AF family shares experience with child’s autism

    (This is the sixth AFMS article for the Military Children’s Health Month series)  Four year-old Dawson Stock loves music and instruments –his mother says he is obsessed with the violin. He knows the alphabet forwards and backwards and is ready to read. Dawson is teaching himself the sign-language

  • Eielson Chapel holds safeTALK training

    Thirteen Airmen from the 354th Maintenance Group attended a suicide awareness training called safeTALK, held April 18 by the 354th Fighter Wing Chapel staff. “This training is a guide to help connect people with thoughts of suicide to resources that can assist them,” said Chaplain (Maj.) Brian

  • Paws below zero

    Every paw press into powder dry snow produces a sharp shriek in to the dark frigid air only heard in negative temperatures. Not a breath through the wet, black nostrils isn’t without effort inhaling painful sniffs intent on detecting deadly explosives, drugs or intruders.Military working dogs from