JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued an injured skier Nov. 16 near Arctic Valley about eight miles northeast of downtown Anchorage. The party used a cell phone to call the Alaska State Troopers. Due to poor weather, the Troopers requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued an injured snowmachiner Nov. 6 near Livengood about 40 miles north of Fairbanks. The uninjured member of the two-member snowmachine party used a satellite phone to call the Alaska State Troopers. Due to severe weather, the Troopers requested assistance from the Alaska […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated a victim of a car accident in Seward before rescuing two victims of a plane crash in Southcentral Alaska Oct. 7. Providence Medical Group contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center and requested medical evacuation of a victim of a car […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing found and rescued a hypothermic hunter Sept. 20 at Paradise Lakes about 25 miles northeast of Seward. The individual left the party of three other individuals to seek shelter and was separated from the group. The party used a two-way satellite communication […]