Keeping aircraft flying is critical to the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson mission – but it isn't as simple as a pilot getting into a plane. There is a great deal of maintenance, and scheduling that maintenance and making sure it is top-notch is no easy task; hundreds of Airmen work daily to make it happen.
An initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 31, 2020, and inoculations began the same day.
A 3rd Operations Support Squadron Aviation Resource Management journeyman has been recognized as the Pacific Air Forces Aviation Resource Management System Airman of the Year.
The 611th Air Communications Squadron’s six-member Mission Defense Team was recently recognized as the 2020 Department of Defense Chief Information Officer’s Digital Modernization Team of the Year award for their role in supporting the cyber defense mission within the Alaskan Joint Operations Area.
U.S. Air Force Col. Kirsten Aguilar, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander, declared a public health emergency on the installation Nov. 9, 2020, in a unified effort with the Anchorage community and state of Alaska to combat the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. The declaration and associated orders go into effect tonight at midnight.
