JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — The 176th Communications Flight hosted a ceremony that redesignated them from a flight to a squadron March 3, 2024, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Communications Airmen provide various communication services to support military operations including cyber operations, deployable communications, network operations and information technology support among others. The change from flight to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — A 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman has been working through the 176th Wing Innovation team with the JBER Arctic Spark Innovation Lab to devise a method to rapidly offload equipment from cargo aircraft in an austere operating environment. Senior Airman Juan Ortega, 176th LRS Air Transportation Function Flight, observed how the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — As the sun was setting across the Anbar Desert in December 2006, a Humvee gun truck driver spotted a slight glint strung across the road from a vehicle street side. The glint turned out to be a tripwire for a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, an all-too-common occurrence during the Iraq War. […]
