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The Air Force announced in October that it has chosen Eielson for a first-of-its-kind mini reactor.

The reactor would be contained in a structure that’s about the size of a conex shipping container

Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm said the Air Force isn’t allowing service members to bring their families to Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks due to a lack of housing.

Eielson Air Force Base has increased its COVID-19 precautions after Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s commander declared a public health emergency on Friday.

An evolving policy set out in the Army’s Arctic Strategy issued earlier this year directs Alaska-based units to focus mainly on operating in and around the circumpolar north.

Tanana Chiefs has been vaccinating Fairbanks North Star Borough School District workers since late February. In March, the organization began offering the vaccine to any borough resident age 16 or older.

Alaska’s volunteers will join some 25,000 other Guard members from other states for the 58th presidential inauguration, which is scheduled to begin at noon Wednesday.

One of the jets had a mechanical problem in flight while returning from a military exercise in the Asia-Pacific region.

Sen. Sullivan says a large Russian naval exercise happening in the Bering Sea at the same time as the triple aircraft intercept demonstrates that the Arctic has become a flashpoint.

A second cyclist, Jay Butler, was treated and released.