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  • Deck the halls with arts and crafts

    The Polar Express Arts and Crafts Center offers the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson community a creative experience combined with one-of-a-kind gift ideas for the upcoming holidays.

  • Airmen encouraged to update their vRED, SOES information

    Airmen should review and update their virtual Record of Emergency Data and their Servicemembers’ Online Election System information annually, before deploying and each time they experience a major life change, such as marriage or divorce, permanent change of station or birth of a child.vRED replaced

  • AFGSC upgrades museums, heritage sites

    Museums and heritage centers within Air Force Global Strike Command are currently undergoing changes to connect a new generation of Airmen with the Global Strike mission. The changes range from minor signage improvements to complete construction overhauls that are meant to bring the sites into the

  • Santa joins Air Force during holiday offseason

    As the holidays approach, many find themselves picking up part-time jobs to help pay for gifts during the holiday season. This year, Santa Claus himself decided to follow suit in a similar way, except his was a part-time job for the offseason. He decided to enlist in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

  • JBER to host Winter Fest 2017

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson plans to host Winter Fest 2017, a free, annual event with base access at the Hillberg Ski Area scheduled for Dec. 21.

  • Medical memories from 7 December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor

    From the first moments of the attack until the close of the day, Hickam's small new hospital, which had opened only a few weeks before, was the focal point of activity on the base. Capt Frank H. Lane, the acting hospital commander, was an Army Air Forces flight surgeon who lived with his wife,

  • Newest F-22 demo pilot certifies at Shaw

    It’s a warm, sunny day and the flightline at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina is inexplicably quiet. An F-22 Raptor sits idly on the concrete in front of Hangar 1200, its twin vertical stabilizers and larger frame making it stick out like a sore thumb among the base’s many F-16 Fighting

  • Air Force Marathon to feature MQ-9 Reaper

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB – The MQ-9 Reaper has been selected as the featured aircraft for the 2018 Air Force Marathon.  Built by General Atomics Aviation Systems Inc., the Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely-piloted aircraft that is employed primarily against

  • A layer of defense watching the sky

    With a constant threat of ballistic missile launches by North Korea, the Army maintains forward Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance Systems, otherwise known as AN/TPY-2, on mainland Japan to keep a watchful eye above the skies scanning for threats.