JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Karen Mansfield, who as assistant adjutant general for Air also serves as commander of the Alaska Air National Guard, was promoted from colonel to brigadier general at a ceremony in the Arctic Warrior Events Center on March 6, 2016. She became the third female member of the Alaska Air National […]
BEIJING—China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it has claimed in the South China Sea, a move that is likely to increase tensions among China and its neighbors. Officials in Taiwan and the United States say China has deployed surface to air missiles on a disputed island Beijing […]
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 […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — More than 50 Guardsmen of the 176th Wing joined current and former military members in Anchorage’s first Veterans Day Parade downtown on Nov. 7. There were approximately 250 active service members participating in the parade, according to Art Bell, a member of the Anchorage Veterans Day Parade Committee. This has […]