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  • New Air Force Reserve Enlistee training ensures BMT success

    The 477th Fighter Group welcomed seven new Reserve enlistees during the May Unit Training Assembly weekend. These Airmen make up the Development and Training Flight, a new Air Force Reserve initiative which prepares enlistees for Basic Military Training by educating them on Air Force customs and

  • Active duty, Reserve tests combat readiness in exercise Polar Force 12-4

    The 3rd Wing launched more than a dozen aircraft Saturday morning as part of exercise Polar Force 12-4, an operational readiness exercise designed to test the unit's ability to deploy.The exercise is broken up into two parts; Phases 1 and 2. Phase 1 started Wednesday and ended Saturday.During an

  • New guide helps Airmen, families navigate social media

    Airmen and families have a new resource at their fingertips with the recent release of an updated and revised social media guide by the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in San Antonio, Texas.The guide features sections geared toward all Total Force members and their families as well as Air Force

  • Welsh nominated as next CSAF

    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced May 10 that the president has nominated Gen. Mark A. Welsh III to be the next chief of staff of the Air Force, succeeding Gen. Norton Schwartz, who has served in the position since August 2008."I'm tremendously honored and deeply humbled by the nomination

  • Raptor Banner Shoot tests combat capability

    F-22 pilots from the 302nd, 525th and 90th Fighter Squadrons tested their aim during a banner shoot here April 23-27. A banner shoot is best described as aerial target practice for the F-22. The pilots fire the F-22's 20 millimeter cannon at a banner, measuring 8 feet wide and 40 feet long, being

  • 477 FG commander announces award winners, graduates

    During the April Unit Training Assembly Commanders Call Col. Bryan Radliff, 477th Fighter Group commander, announced the hard working Airmen who had been selected for First Quarter 2012 awards and those who earned their Community College of the Air Force degrees. 2012 First Quarter Award

  • Earth Day, everyday Alaska Reservists minimize carbon footprint

    In an effort to save money and be kinder to the environment Reservists assigned to the 477th Fighter Group have been utilizing Share-A-Van, a carpooling venture sponsored by Anchorage's Public Transportation Department."My dad rode a van for about 15 years until he retired," said Tech. Sgt. Joseph

  • Alaska Raptors reach major upgrade milestone

    Alaskan F-22s met a major milestone during a recent training sortie when new upgrades to the fighter allowed for a Joint Direct Attack Munition to be dropped on self generated coordinates. Software and hardware upgrades, part of the F-22 modernization plan known as Increment 3.1, allow for pilots to

  • Reserve, active duty F-22 pilots fly succesful long range strike exercise

    A mix of personnel from the 477th Fighter Goup, 3rd Wing, and 673rd Air Base Wing left JBER to participate in a long range strike exercise on April 4.F-22 Raptors and E-3's assigned to the 3rd Wing along with F-16s from Misawa AB, Japan, B-1's from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota and KC-135s from