JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King isn’t your everyday C-130. Configured for combat search and rescue (CSAR), the King is packed with sensors designed to search for isolated service members, and it has four wing-mounted tanks that can pass JP-8 aviation fuel to CSAR HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters while airborne. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued four occupants from two aircraft crashes Aug. 12 and 14. The Guardsmen rescued two from a PA-18 Super Cub crash in the Ptarmigan Pass area Thursday, and they rescued three from a PA-14 Family Cruiser on the Beluga River on Saturday. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated two injured occupants of an overturned Cessna 206 aircraft July 31 from King Salmon to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The aircraft turned over on Kukaklek Lake and triggered the onboard 406 Emergency Locator Transmitter. Good Samaritans on scene transported the injured […]
Arctic Guardians of 176th Mission Support Group swap jobs to become Multi-Capable Airmen JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The complexity of moving a flying mission from an Air Force base with all the bells and whistles to an austere airfield somewhere in the vast blue reaches of the Pacific is tantamount to a mini moonshot. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated a possible stroke victim Feb. 20 at Stoney River Lodge 200 miles west of Anchorage, about 30 miles east of the village of Sleetmute. Alaska Air National Guard Lt. Col. Keenan Zerkel, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center director, said the Alaska State […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing participated in the Operation Noble Defender search-and-rescue/personnel recovery (SAR/PR) exercise Jan. 19 to 22, 2021, in Southcentral Alaska. Noble Defender is a North American Aerospace Defense Command Arctic air-defense operation. “The Noble Defender exercise series seeks to support a variety of campaign objectives […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a fallen ice climber Jan. 2 at Chugach State Park near Anchorage. Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Katie Magnuson, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center search-and-rescue senior controller, said the Alaska State Troopers requested assistance from the AKRCC reporting that the climber fell […]
Image: Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Diola and Master Sgt. Cody Inman, both pararescuemen with 212th Rescue Squadron, demonstrate the gear they carried when jumping from an HC-130J Combat King II to rescue the victim of a bear mauling near Galena. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released) JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — On Nov. 30, 2018, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake jolted Southcentral Alaska. In the temblor’s crosshairs was Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Liana Chythlook who had just reported to work. The intensity of the quake’s shockwaves rocked the building like a Dixie cup in a tornado. “I looked up, and […]