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  • Alaska Raptors Surge

    F-22 pilots and maintenance personnel from the active duty 3rd Wing and the Reserve 477th Fighter Group generated and flew nearly 90 sorties here June 11-12. The increase in sorties is part of a surge or an increase in flying operations to test the maintenance and flying capability of Alaska's

  • Reserve SFS conducts UTA training

    Members of the 477th Security Forces Squadron conduct training during the Reserve Unit Training Assembly weekend here June 1. The UTAs provide an opportunity for Traditional Reservists and full time Reservists to train together as a unit.     Click here to view the slideshow.

  • Widow returns to Air Force with help from 90th FS family

    Lt. N.C. Das and her husband, Capt. Eric Das, were deployed together in Southwest Asia in 2003 when the F-15E that he was flying crashed. He and his weapons systems officer, Lt. Col. Bill Watkins, were killed. He was assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron and she to the 336th FS both from Seymour

  • Reserve team wins JBER F-22 Load Crew of the Year

    Three Reservists from the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron were recently awarded the 2012 JBER F-22 Load Crew of the Year during a ceremony here May 17.Tech. Sgt. Timothy Tuttle, the team's lead weapons loader along with Staff Sgt. Brandon Vice and Senior Airman Joshua Baker were selected as the

  • Hagel announces fewer furlough days for DOD employees

    After weeks of review, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has concluded budget cuts will require most of the department's civilian employees to be furloughed beginning in July, but that because of other efforts to deal with the shortfall, only half of the 22 days originally envisioned as temporary

  • Beneficiaries must sign up for TRICARE automatic payment by May 31

    Beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select or TRICARE Retired Reserve who pay monthly premiums by check must switch to an electronic form of payment by May 31 to avoid losing coverage. TRICARE will only accept monthly premium payments using recurring automatic payments by credit or debit card,

  • Reservist leads combined ARM shop

    In an effort to become more efficient the three F-22 squadrons in Alaska have morphed into a super squadron with a Reservist at the helm of the Aviation Resource Management shop.Master Sgt. Kristel Strunk, a Reservist assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron, has the task of combining the 525th, 90th

  • Dumps like a truck

    Members of 477th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct bucket loader training and dump truck training May 4. The Reserve Unit Training Assembly weekend provides an opportunity for the full time Reservists who hold Air Reserve Technician positions to train the Traditional Reservists who serve one weekend a

  • F-22 Rapid Refuel

    Airmen from the 3rd and 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons perform a hotpit refuel with an F-22 here May 1. Hot pit refueling is a procedureperformed in order to rapidly refuel the aircraft and allow it to complete asecond sortie in a short amount of time. During a hot pit refuel the pilotwill

  • First Lady announces certification plan for veteran jobs

    First Lady Michelle Obama today unveiled the new Information Technology Training and Certification Partnership to put thousands of service members to work with industry-recognized IT certifications in hand before they leave the military.Obama, who made the announcement at the White House Forum on