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  • SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif -- Staff Sgt. Krista Jeppsen, an engineer assistant with the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron, peers into an instrument here March 15 to survey ground. In March 2011, the 176 CES deployed to this remote location off the coast of southern California for two weeks to train and work on a variety of infrastructure projects. This project required surveying to grade firing lanes at a pistol range. The pistol range was for military training. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. N. Alicia Goldberger.

    176th Civil Engineer Squadron completes island training

    After two weeks of rigorous training, members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Civil Engineer Squadron returned home March 25 from San Clemente Island, a remote island off the coast of southern California.San Clemente Island is home to several U.S. Navy units, including the Naval Special Warfare Group One Maritime Operations, or MAROPS,
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Master Sgt. Jack Parks, a member of the 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Traffic Management Office, stocks office supplies in cabinets here March 19, 2011. The squadron recently moved (along with its parent unit, the 176th Wing) from Kulis Air National Guard Base to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson per the 2005 Defense Base Realignment and Closure proposal. Alasa Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

    176th Wing settles into its new home

    Over the weekend of March 19-20, 2011, the 176th Wing completed its first drill weekend at its new home on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The wing recently relocated from Kulis Air National Guard Base, located near the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, to JBER per the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment proposal. The formal
  • SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Bryan S. Spake, an entomology specialist with the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Civil Engineer Squadron (176 CES), prepares groundwork here March 12 for setting concrete forms. A native of South Hill, Va., Spake deployed to this remote location off the coast of southern California for training with his Air National Guard unit. The 176 CES, part of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing, deployed to San Clemente Island for two weeks in March 2011 to train and work on a variety of infrastructure projects. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. N. Alicia Goldberger.

    176 Civil Engineer Squadron Trains by Meeting Island Needs

         About 30 members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Civil Engineer Squadron arrived March 11 at this remote island off the coast of southern California for two weeks of building, pouring, repairing and sweating.     Their mission is called a Deployment For Training, or DFT. These missions allow Air National Guard civil engineer squadron
  • KULIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alaska - Members of 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare five C-130s from the 144th Airlift Squadron and two HC-130s from the 211th Rescue Squadron for a ceremonial flight from Kulis to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Feb. 12, 2011. The 176th Wing is relocating from Kulis to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson per the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment proposal. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

    Fly Away to JBER

    The 176th Wing completed perhaps the largest mission in its history Feb. 12, moving the entire wing from Kulis Air National Guard Base to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER)."Although we love this area and will always be connected to it, JBER offers the wing growth as a team and a partnership that works," said Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Foster,
  • KULIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alaska - Senior Airman Michael A. Gushue, a crew chief with the 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, de-ices a C-130 "Hercules" tactical airlift aircraft as Staff Sgt. Roy Eason from the 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, drives the de-ice truck here Dec. 16, 2010. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. N. Alicia Goldberger.

    Winter calls for de-icing

  • KULIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alaska ?Contractors disassemble a C-47 here to transfer the static display aircraft to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) on Oct. 26, 2010. This begins the 176th Wing?s physical move to JBER, mandated by the 2005 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

    Gooney-bird Gone

    Contractors here disassemble a C-47 Oct. 26, 2010, in order to transfer the static display aircraft to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). This transer begans the 176th Wing's physical move to JBER, mandated by the 2005 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act.As of Dec. 6, 2010, five of Kulis' six display aircraft have been moved to JBER. The
  • KULIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alaska -- Master Sgt. Ryan Voigt, the 176th Medical Group's first sergeant, wears a bunny suit in support of the "Bunny for the Day" fundraiser here Dec. 4, 2010. The fundraiser was put on by Kulis' First Sergeant Council to raise money for holiday gift baskets. These baskets will be given to airmen and their families to help them through the holidays. "Anything to help," Voigt said. The fundraiser was one in a series of council-sponsored events, including a pizza luncheon, base coin sales and pocket donations. The bunny suit fundraiser brought in about $1200, according to Master Sgt. Janet Lemmons, the 176th Civil Engineering Squadron's first sergeant and the First Sergeant Council president. The council raised more than $2500 for the baskets in total, Lemmons said. This will provide more than 30 airmen and families with holiday gift baskets, she said. Lemmons said she appreciates Kulis' airmen for the donations and votes.

    Bunny Business

  • KULIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alaska -- 2nd. Lt. Vanessa Ortiz, 2nd Lt. Charity Mollison, and Lt. Col. Patty Wilbanks at the 176th Wing's final "Combat Dining In" at Kulis Air National Guard Base. Photographer unknown.

    176th Wing Combat Dining-In

    Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing put on a combat dining-in Nov. 6 in a maintenance hangar on the base. A dining-in is a military tradition. Members gather to dine, poke fun of each other in good taste and follow a rigidly enforced set of humorous guidelines."It's very cool," said Staff Sgt. Jesus Rodriguez, a personnelist with the 176th
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Capt. Amy Slinker, commander of the Alaska Army National Guard's 134th Public Affairs Detachmen, poses for a photo with Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson during a meet and greet event held Nov. 6. Photo by Maj. Guy Hayes, Alaska National Guard Public Affairs Office.

    Alaska Air National Guardsmen meet Hollywood

    Some of the cast and crew of the coming film "Everybody Loves Whales" visited members of the Alaska Air National Guard and Alaska Army National Guard on Nov. 6 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.About 60 Guard members showed up to shake hands, ask the stars questions and get autographs."It made for an intimate atmosphere where the stars could have
  • Col. Carlisle A. Lincoln, commander of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Operations Group, accepts the Air Force Association's 2010 Outstanding Air National Guard Unit of the Year award Sept. 13, 2010 in Washington D.C. Michael M. Dunn (right), the Air Force Association president, and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the Air National Guard director, present the award.

    176th Operations Group named outstanding unit of the year

    The 176th Operations Group of the Alaska Air National Guard won the 2010 Outstanding Air National Guard Unit of the Year on Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C., at the Air Force Association's (AFA) annual convention.The award is given to the ANG unit that demonstrates the most outstanding airmanship during the prior year.In 2009, the operations group:
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