JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued two sheep hunters Aug. 11 near Tonsina about 165 miles east of Anchorage. The two uninjured hunters were clinging to a cliff and couldn’t self-extricate. The party used a two-way satellite communication device to send an SOS signal. The Alaska State Troopers […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued two individuals reported overdue from a river inner tubing trip near Trapper Creek July 24. A father of one of the teens contacted the Alaska State Troopers who requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER. The AKRCC then requested […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued five people involved in three incidents from July 13-16 in Southcentral Alaska. All of the incidents happened close enough to JBER to allow 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawks to fly unrefueled to the distressed individuals’ locations where 212th Rescue Squadron Guardian […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a climber injured during a fall on April 1 near Glacier View about 80 miles northeast of Anchorage. Despite being attached to a belay line, the climber was injured during the fall when he collided with another member of his […]