State’s biggest military training exercise takes off next week

Northern Edge military exercise in the Gulf of Alaska. (2016 file photo: U.S. Navy)The skies above the Interior and Southcentral Alaska will get a lot busier starting next week, when Northern Edge 2017 gets under way. It’ll be the biggest military-training exercise to be held this year in Alaska.
The tempo of operations around Eielson Air Force, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson and the state’s training ranges, will pick up beginning Monday and last through May 12. But Alaskan Command