JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, July 10 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Recently, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 90th Fighter Squadron and 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit logged a whopping 168 sorties in just four days. "The 90th AMU/FS executed a 'surge,' where we deviate from our normal turn pattern, or amount of sorties flown in a single day, to a short-term, maximum-effort turn pattern to rapidly increase pilot proficiency in one or two specific skill a  more

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, July 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Multiple C-17 Globemasters appeared in the early-morning sky over Andersen Air Force Base carrying hundreds of paratroopers that flew directly from Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska, June 30. Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Alaska, parachuted onto Guam as part of Emergency Deployment Readiness Ex  more

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, July 10 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Multiple C-17 Globemasters appeared in the early-morning sky over Andersen Air Force Base carrying hundreds of paratroopers that flew directly from Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska, June 30. Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Alaska, parachuted onto Guam as part of Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise. To   more

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Alaska, parachuted into Guam early this 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 t  more

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: He who holds Alaska holds the world. U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell first uttered those words in his 1935 testimony to Congress. Considered by many to be one the founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force, the World War I pilot declared what military aviators in the far north now know to be true--Alaska's strategic location is second to none. Located in interior Alaska, Ei  more

DOVER AFB, Delaware, July 9 -- The U.S. Air Force (436th Airlift Wing) issued the following news: On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster II departed from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, headed for Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, carrying 52 service members. That flight would never reach its destination. The aircraft crashed on Colony Glacier, on the side of Mount Gannett, east of Anchorage. Search and rescue teams discovered the crash site shortly after, but due to the location and weather  more

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command 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 Main  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Jason Taylor, Superintendent at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, in Skagway, Alaska, has been selected as Director for the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, in Missoula, Montana. "I look forward to serving wilderness and wilderness values, and leading scientific efforts to help managers more effectively steward wilderness a  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett toured Arctic locations and visited with Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing and 168th Wing July 7-9, 2020. While at Eielson, Barrett got an in-depth look at the 353rd Combat Training Squadron and 18th Aggressor Squadron missions and their roles for Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise RED FLAG-Alaska. She toured a portion of the Joint Pacific Alaska Ran  more

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, July 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett toured Arctic locations and visited with Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing and 168th Wing at Eielson Air Force Base, July 7-9. While at Eielson AFB, Barrett got an in-depth look at the 353rd Combat Training Squadron and 18th Aggressor Squadron missions and their roles for Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise Red Flag-Alaska. She toured a portion of the Joint Pac  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following statement: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement on loans to passenger air carriers under Division A, Title IV, Subtitle A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: "Last week, the Treasury Department announced that American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Sky West Airlines, and Spirit Airlines have signed letters of intent setting out the t  more