WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry issued the following news release: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced the initiation of an exposure assessment in Moose Creek, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough (AK) near Eielson Air Force Base. The purpose of the exposure assessment is to provide information to the community me  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, July 1 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: The F-35A Lightning II fleet has officially doubled at Eielson with the arrival of three new F-35As June 25, 2020. The first two F-35As arrived in April and the third in May. "I saw the first two jets land in April and it felt like a once in a lifetime experience that I was honored and excited to be part of," said Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Jordheim, a 356th Aircraft Maintenance Unit assistant ded  more

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, June 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Airmen from Eielson Air Force Base's 354th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight built the first bombs intended for the 354th Fighter Wing's F-35A Lighting IIs, June 15-19. The last time a 354th FW unit dropped combat-specific bombs was about 10 years ago when the A-10 Thunderbolt II and F-16 Fighting Falcons flew in the Alaskan skies. A bomb build is the intricate process munitions personnel go through t  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, June 30 -- The U.S. Air Force (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: The F-35A Lightning II fleet has officially doubled at Eielson with the arrival of three new F-35As June 25, 2020. The first two F-35As arrived in April and the third in May. "I saw the first two jets land in April and it felt like a once in a lifetime experience that I was honored and excited to be part of," said Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Jordheim, a 356th Aircraft Maintenance Unit assistant de  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on July 2: The Indian Health Service is announcing the national expansion of the Community Health Aide Program. The program provides education and training of tribal community health providers to increase access to quality health care, health promotion and disease prevention services. As an expansion of the Alaska Community Health Aide Program, the national CHAP will be consistent with the   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 3 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Sometimes it's a good thing to "take your work home with you." A team of scientists at NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center is demonstrating that it is possible to accomplish a lot while teleworking. Their job is to study and estimate fish age, growth, and reproduction for a number of commercially important fish species from the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Isl  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 30 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: NOAA Fisheries Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline received a report Saturday, June 27 that a recreational boat traveling on the west side of Coghlan Island collided with a humpback whale, just outside Auke Bay, north of Juneau, Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard relayed information that the family in the vessel immediately returned to shore and some members were transported   more

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, July 1 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Alaska, parachuted onto Guam early in the morning as part of their Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska today. Col. Christopher Landers, commander of U.S. Army Alaska's 4-25 IBCT(A), led the training mission to secure the airfield as part of U.  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, June 29 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Three U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, completed a deployment to Eielson AFB, Alaska, conducting several joint and bilateral training missions in the Indo-Pacific from June 14-21. The Bomber Task Force deployment demonstrated Air Force Global Strike Command's ability to deliver lethal, ready, long-r  more