June 21, 2024 Doyon Utilities, JBER leaders break ground on new water treatment plant Doyon Utilities and the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson 673d Civil Engineer Group hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new water-treatment plant in Anchorage, Alaska, June 12, 2024.
Nov. 7, 2023 JBER Iditarod dining facility to undergo $1.3 million renovation The Iditarod Dining Facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska will be closing for renovation starting in January of 2024.Funding of $1.3 million will be invested into overhauling the dining facility in order to continue serving quality meals to service members and their families here.
July 10, 2023 EOD Flight Protects Alaska Members of the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight recently responded to a potential unexploded ordnance at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 30, 2023.
Feb. 8, 2021 Smart locker idea wins AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo An idea for a smart locker mail system in base dorms won the 2021 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo Feb. 5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
July 20, 2020 Wildland Fire pros battle fire season despite COVID-19 The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Wildland Fire Branch hasn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic stop it from protecting Airmen and their families as well as wildlife during this year’s severe fire season. Along with the pandemic, some installations have had to cope with the threat of wildfires damaging
Nov. 22, 2019 JBER releases Air Installations Compatible Use Zones study results Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, publicly released the results of an Air Installations Compatible Use Zones study in November 2019.
Aug. 23, 2019 JBER firefighters help fight McKinley Fire Fifteen firefighters from the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight and three firefighters from the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Wildland Support Module returned to JBER at approximately 10 p.m. Aug. 22, from assisting with efforts to suppress the McKinley Fire.
Dec. 27, 2018 Evaluation team uses non-destructive testing on JBER Airfields Following the Nov. 30 earthquakes rocking the Anchorage, Alaska area, team Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson immediately leapt into action evaluating, cleaning up and repairing damages sustained.
April 4, 2018 673d CEG Fire Emergency Services wins 2017 Air Force award The 673d Civil Engineer Group Fire and Emergency Services won the Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ralph E. Sanborn Fire Department of the Year Award for a large department March 20, 2018.