• French Air and Space Force participate in Arctic Defender 24

    French Air and Space Force avionic technicians perform routine maintenance on Rafale fighter jets before take-off during Arctic Defender 24 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, July 9, 2024. AD24 is a component of Pacific Skies 24, a months-long deployment hosted by the German Air Force. Germany,

  • JPARC receives first advanced emitter

    U.S. Pacific Air Forces’ Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex recently received the first of several advanced emitters designed to replicate enemy surface-to-air missile threats.

  • PACAF SG conducts health service support for ACE exercise in Alaska

    A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter flies over the Yukon Training Area during a Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA) Sept. 14, 2021. The CBA is a Northern Edge follow-on phase III Agile Combat Employment exercise aimed at improving PACAF’s medical support capabilities throughout the Pacific

  • Bombers project power from the Last Frontier, once again

    He who holds Alaska holds the world. U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell first uttered those words in his 1935 testimony to Congress. Considered by many to be one the founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force, the World War I pilot declared what military aviators in the far north now know to be

  • Eielson Airmen take action against COVID-19

    A 354th Security Forces Squadron Airman scans a common access card on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 20, 2020. Installation personnel and visitors must present their I.D. to defenders at the main gate for verification. The change is one of many precautionary measures implemented base-wide to

  • RF-A 19-3 kicks off Aug. 1

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, is scheduled to begin Aug. 1 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) and is scheduled to run through Aug. 16.

  • Alaskan Aggressors support PACAF 5th Gen readiness

    Training never stops, at least not for the 354th Fighter Wing’s 18th Aggressor Squadron. The unit works tirelessly year-round to support continuous combat readiness and enhance U.S. and partner nations’ skills and capabilities.