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  • Arctic Reserve Deploys To Guam To Support 3rd Wing

    The 477th Fighter Group, Air Force Reserve Command's first F-22A Raptor unit, deployed six maintainers and two weapons loaders to Anderson Air Base, Guam.  They deployed in support of.the 3rd Wing's theater security package supporting U.S. Pacific Command objectives in the Western Pacific, Friday,

  • Arctic Warriors Support Arctic Reserve

    Total Force was in full swing here last weekend with active duty members and Reservists working side by side to complete the mission. Airmen from the 3rd Wing Legal Office and Dental Squadron volunteered their services to help the 477th Fighter Group. They worked with Reserve Airmen to complete

  • Arctic Reserve Celebrates One Year!

    Happy Birthday 477th Fighter Group! It's been one year since the Air Force Reserve activated its first F-22 associate unit here and the Arctic Reserve has already reached Initial Operational Capability. "A year ago the 477th Fighter Group at Elmendorf didn't exist," recalls Col. Eric Overturf, 477th

  • Arctic civil engineers prepare to deploy

    The 477th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in field exercises at Camp Mad Bull October 2-5. The four day bivouac included intensive field training designed to prepare the Airmen for their upcoming deployment. This will be the first deployment for the squadron since World War II. During the

  • Reserve F-22 unit achieves initial operating capability

    Special events were held Sept. 5 to celebrate the Initial Operating Capability for three teams with one mission. Elmendorf's 3rd Wing, Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing and Air Force Reserve's 477th Fighter Group all declared IOC for their respective airframes. The IOC celebration was held to

  • Total Force team completes WSEP

    Eight F-22A Raptors and about 140 Airmen from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, deployed here Aug. 17-28 for the Weapons Systems Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. Among them were members of Air Force Reserve's 477th Fighter Group. Pilots from the 302nd Fighter Squadron

  • Alaska's first F-22 total force deployment successful

    Elmendorf's 3rd Wing and Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group here combined for its first F-22A Raptor deployment to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., for Combat Archer. The successful integration of both reserve and active-duty Airmen was showcased Feb. 2-17, when approximately eight