• RED FLAG-Alaska 26-3 draws to a close

    RED FLAG-Alaska 26-3 wrapped up here on Aug. 28, after two weeks of realistic combat training for joint partners and allied nations at both Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

  • RED FLAG-Alaska 26-3: Battling in (cyber) space

    RED FLAG-Alaska 26-3 will draw to a close on Friday, August 28, after two weeks of coordinated air combat training conducted within the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Department of War’s largest overland airspace. But not all battles take place in the air, on land–or even in the physical

  • VMFA 225 Vikings take on RED FLAG-Alaska 26-3

    A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 26-3, Aug. 17, 2026. As the largest instrumented air, ground and electronic combat training range in the world, the JPARC provides miles of

  • 13th Fighter Squadron marks first RED FLAG-Alaska with new F-35s

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Gabrielle Devera, 35th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, repairs a component of a flight helmet during RED FLAG-Alaska 26-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 17, 2026. RF-A is designed to provide realistic training in a simulated