477th Fighter Group

Oct. 6, 2017
Staff Sergeant Leslie Edwards Jr.

Leslie Edwards was born Aug. 9, 1924, in Memphis Tennessee. He was the youngest of three children, his father was bellhop and his mother looked after the children. The family moved from Memphis to Cincinnati in 1925. Before dropping out of high school in 1938, he attended Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oct. 2, 2017
AF announces enlisted PME redesign

Air Force officials announced major changes to the enlisted professional military education program today via an initiative called Enlisted Professional Military Education for the 21st Century, or “EPME 21”.
Sept. 20, 2017
AFRC Chaplain Corps uses scientific research to increase resiliency among Reserve Citizen Airmen

In December 2016, Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Dondi Costin, the Air Force’s chief of chaplains, launched a new campaign to encourage Airmen and their families to explore faith, not just as a religious option, but also as a health and resilience tool.The campaign, Faith Works, is based on a body of research
Sept. 20, 2017
Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO)

Airmen from the 477th Fighter Group arrange de-contamination stations for equipment and personnel, while practicing the dynamics of using them in a polluted environment during the Ability to Survive and Operate training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Sept. 09, 2017. (U.S. Air Force
Sept. 12, 2017
JBER members get involve to combat Childhood Obesity

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion said one in three children in the United States are considered obese or overweight. In Alaska alone, it is three in 10 high school students.Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson offers many
Sept. 11, 2017
Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO)

Ability to Survive and Operate
Sept. 11, 2017
Mattis, Dunford Honor Pentagon’s Fallen, Survivors, Families 16 Years After 9/11

During a Pentagon remembrance on the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Defense Department leaders honored those who died, the survivors and the families left behind.
Sept. 11, 2017
Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies

For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S.Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the country are conducting weather
Sept. 11, 2017
Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO)

Airmen from the 477th Fighter Wing prepare their gas masks to fit properly with an air-tight seal during an Ability to Survive and Operate training Saturday, Sept. 09, 2017 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Annual exercises prepare Airmen for missions in all conditions. (U.S. Air Force
Sept. 8, 2017
Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

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