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KUAC file photoThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold two meetings next week to present a progress report on the demolition and decommissioning of an old nuclear power plant on Fort Greely. -
Matt Faubion/Alaska Public MediaEven though soldiers are still getting paid, nonprofit groups that serve military members around the state say they’re seeing increased need for essentials and assistance with bills.
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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. -
Aircraft maintenance crews from Alaska and South Korea have repaired a U.S. F-16 fighter jet that made an emergency landing last week on a remote island in the Bering Sea. The jet flew out of St. Paul Island Thursday en route to Eielson Air Force Base. -
Two South Korea-based U.S. fighter jets en route to Eielson Air Force Base made an emergency landing Monday on a remote island in the Bering Sea. -
Air Force investigators released a report Tuesday on what caused the pilot of Eielson-based F-16 fighter jet to declare an in-flight emergency shortly after takeoff last year.
