RED FLAG-Alaska 15-3

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
08/25/2015
08/25/2015: 8/11/2015 - EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 15-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, Joint National Training Capability accredited exercise officially started here Aug. 6. Originally called COPE THUNDER, the exercise moved to Eielson in 1992 from Clark Air Base, Philippines, after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo on June 15, 1991. COPE THUNDER was…

Eielson AFB Operations

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
04/11/2013
04/11/2013: Various footage of Eielson AFB, Alaska.  Credit:354th Fighter Wing:2/1/13 http://www.eielson.af.mil Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EIL, ICAO: PAEI, FAA LID: EIL) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. The host unit at Eielson…