Elmendorf Air Force Base

Type: Organization

Name: Elmendorf Air Force Base

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Reading of the Names ceremony conducted

The sounds of a 21-gun salute and "Echo Taps" floated across the Youngstown State University campus to end the solemn Reading of the Names ceremony honoring the 67 YSU students or employees who died while on active military duty.The ceremony, conducted ... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]

Entities: Vernon Haynes, US Marine Corps, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Absence a way of life for families in military

Two weeks ago, I celebrated my 26th birthday.I had to work the weekends before and after, so there wasn’t much celebrating. I just sat on my couch in my new home and reminisced.My childhood years were definitely not dull, thanks to the United States Army. ... [Published Killeen Daily Herald - May 10 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Gulf War, Memory, Anchorage (Alaska)

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Russian military again flies strategic bombers near Alaska

Russian strategic bombers conducted flights within the U.S. defense zone close to northern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands last week in Moscow's latest incident of nuclear saber rattling against the United States, according to defense and military officials. ... [Published FOXNews.com - May 06 2013]

Entities: Bomber, Military/Armed Forces, Bill Lewis

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Cargo plane crashes in US

Alaska - A military cargo plane carrying four people on a training run crashed on Wednesday at an Air Force base near downtown Anchorage, but there was no immediate word on casualties, the Air Force said.Witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire rising ... [Published News24.com - May 03 2013]

Entities: Anchorage (Alaska), Plane Crash, Sean Parnell, Fireball

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Air Force to review a long-delayed court-martial appeal

The nations top military appellate judges will scrutinize a seemingly sluggish Air Force court that has vexed the services members from Alaska to Florida and beyond.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has agreed to hear the case of a former ... [Published Washington Post - May 03 2013]

Entities: Appellant, William Cassara, Military/Armed Forces, judges

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Martin Dempsey

Readiness Challenges Could Affect Retention, Dempsey Says

By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 – The readiness challenges in the American military could turn into a retention challenge if allowed to continue, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.Sequestration ... [Published Elites TV - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Martin Dempsey, Jim Garamone, Elmendorf Air Force Base

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Zero to become first Japan-based warbird?

Mitsubishi A6M-3 Zero 3858/N553TT, seen over Northern California in May 2012, en route to the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska. Owner Masahide Ishizuka is now trying to get the fighter registered in Japan, a country where nobody has ... [Published Aeroplane Magazine - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Japan, Anchorage (Alaska), Aviation, Sakae (Japan)

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

On Duty 04/28/13

Kyle R. JenkinsFARMER CITY — U.S. Air Force Airman Kyle R. Jenkins has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.Jenkins is the son of Michael and Dana Jenkins, Farmer City, and is a 2010 graduate of ... [Published Pantagraph.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Farmer City (United States), US Air Force, US Navy, Elmendorf Air Force Base, USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

US soldier jailed for selli...

A US military policeman based in Alaska has been sentenced to 16 years in prison and given a dishonourable discharge for selling US military secrets to someone he thought was a Russian spy.The contact that Spec. William Colton Millay thought was a spy, ... [Published Siasat Daily - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Charles Swift, Military/Armed Forces, Anchorage (Alaska)

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Kerry to Meet With Parents of Slain State Dept. Officer

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska Secretary of State John Kerry planned to stop over in Chicago on Monday on his return from Asia to visit the parents of Anne Smedinghoff, the young State Department officer who was killed recently in Afghanistan. Ms. Smedinghoff, ... [Published New York Times - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: John Kerry, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anne Smedinghoff, Chicago, Seriously Wounded

Quotes

"Now a petty officer third class, he decided he needed to find something bigger than himself and joined the Navy. He has grown up tremendously. He quickly became a responsible young man. We [he and his wife, Marite] are very proud of him" Haynes said

Reading of the Names ceremony conducted [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]

...issues in a unified manner as an example to our people and really an example to the world," Jacoby said to the gathering of NORAD personnel. "It's quite remarkable, quite a special relationship. And at the heart and soul of it are all of you who work so hard together, shoulder to shoulder, and the complete trust and confidence in each other and how we do business."

NORAD celebrates 55th anniversary [Published Noodls - May 09 2013]

...Lewis, a spokesman with the U S Northern Command, confirmed the fighter intercept of the latest bomber incursion but declined to provide details. "Two U S F-22's from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, were launched and visually identified Russian aircraft on the night of April 28, as the Russian Air Force flew standard out of area flights near Alaska" Lewis said. The bombers did not enter U S airspace, he said...

Russian military again flies strategic bombers near Alaska [Published FOXNews.com - May 06 2013]

"Alaskans are very connected to the military, and our thoughts and prayers are with Alaska's Air Force family" Parnell s

Cargo plane crashes in US [Published News24.com - May 03 2013]

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Russian bombers again fly close to U.S. [Published Washington Times - May 06 2013]
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Cargo plane crashes in US [Published News24.com - May 03 2013]
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Pace of justice at Air Force appeals court come... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 01 2013]
NORAD fighter jets training over BC, Alberta We... [Published Calgary Beacon - May 01 2013]
Readiness Challenges Could Affect Retention, De... [Published Elites TV - Apr 30 2013]
Zero to become first Japan-based warbird? [Published Aeroplane Magazine - Apr 30 2013]
68 years after WWII, Alaska veteran receives hi... [Published Anchorage Daily News - Apr 30 2013]
On Duty 04/28/13 [Published Pantagraph.com - Apr 29 2013]
PACAF chief Begert: N. Korea 'serious' [Published Stars and Stripes - Apr 21 2013]
US soldier jailed for selli... [Published Siasat Daily - Apr 17 2013]
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Kerry to Meet With Parents of Slain State Dept.... [Published New York Times - Apr 15 2013]
Cultural treasures from the Cold War [Published Anchorage Daily News - Apr 14 2013]
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