The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $16.7 million dollar grant to begin construction of the first veterans cemetery in the Interior.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, dispatched U.S. aircraft Wednesday to intercept four Russian military planes flying in international airspace off Alaska.

The route would be a two-way corridor for ships to travel between the northern edge of the Bering Strait and the US-Canada maritime border.

An F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base back in January because water-contaminated hydraulic fluid caused an ice buildup in the plane’s landing gear. That’s the conclusion of a panel of experts who compiled a report on the crash that was issued Tuesday by Eielson’s higher headquarters, the Pacific Air Forces.

UPDATE: The North American Air Defense Command, or NORAD, detected and tracked Russian military surveillance planes on Wednesday and Thursday that were flying through international airspace off the coast of Alaska.

Thousands of U.S. and allied servicemembers, along with aircraft, naval vessels and other equipment, began a large military training exercise Thursday around Alaska and in areas offshore. Northern Edge 2025 is one of two exercises now under way in Alaska.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it detected and tracked Russian warplanes flying in international airspace Tuesday off the coast of Alaska.

The state agency that’s heading-up an effort to develop a veterans cemetery in Salcha achieved another milestone recently with completion of a draft environmental assessment of the project. The document includes the Alaska Interior Veterans Cemetery’s master plan.

Pentagon officials have revived a proposal to develop a small nuclear power plant on Eielson Air Force Base.

A Korean F-16 fighter plane crashed on takeoff from Eielson Air Force Base late Tuesday afternoon. The aircrew ejected and were taken to the hospital.