EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Monday 19 Airmen assigned to the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, ventured out of Alaska’s below freezing temperatures en route to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and its 80-degree days. Each year, Airmen from the 168th Wing deploy to Guam in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Theater […]
A two-year-old toddler perished in Bathing Beauty Pond near Eielson Air Force Base on Friday after wandering away, troopers reported on Saturday, According to the report, the young child was reported missing to the Fairbanks Alaska State Troopers at 1:33 pm on Friday afternoon. He had apparently wandered down a heavily wooded path near the pond […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation received good news today, as U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James called each of them to announce that the F-16 Aggressor Squadron will remain at Eielson Air Force Base for the long-term future. When the U.S. Air Force announced that Eielson was the preferred location for two squadrons of […]
“Rectal Temperature of the Working Sled Dog.” “Cleaning and Sterilization of Bunny Boots.” “Comparative Sweat Rates of Eskimos and Caucasians Under Controlled Conditions.” These are some of the studies completed by scientists who worked for the Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory from the late 1940s to the 1960s. Developed during the Cold War to “solve the severe […]