Over 2,300 new construction jobs will be opening up in Interior Alaska as preparations begin to base two squadrons of F-35 at Eielson Air Force Base. Construction is set to begin in 2017, with the arrival of F-35s to begin in 2020. The decision to bring 54 new aircraft to Eielson Air Force base marks […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The 168th Air Refueling Wing was redesignated as the 168th Wing in a ceremony at the Operations Group Theater on Eielson Air Force Base, Feb. 3. The redesignation indicates and properly recognizes the 168th Wing’s two missions: the early ballistic missile warning system mission at Clear Air Force Station, and […]
Instead of falling to the dozer blade, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program has new life. In mid-August, U.S. Air Force General Tom Masiello shook hands with UAF’s Brian Rogers and Bob McCoy, transferring the powerful upper-atmosphere research facility from the military to the university. You may have heard of HAARP. Nick Begich wrote […]
The Justice Department and US Atty. Karen L Loeffler announced on Thursday that following the guilty plea by ADA Station Communication Inc. and Herschell Becker to three counts of bribing a public official on August 27, 2015, a federal jury in Anchorage found John Becker a.k.a. Jack Becker guilty of two counts of the same […]