JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Army National Guard Soldier died Saturday morning around 2 a.m. when he was swept away by the water current while fishing in Copper River. Sgt. 1st Class Russell Anthony Hepler, 35, was dip-netting with his wife, Shandra Hepler, in Copper River near O’Brien Creek, south of the […]
Photo: Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Bailey Milani, a loadmaster with 144th Airlift Squadron, supervises the boarding of Army and Navy Junior ROTC cadets from across the state aboard a 144th AS C-17 Globemaster III May 28, 2019, for an orientation flight with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing. The mission of […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Battalion saved two hunters after they broke through Yukon River ice while traveling on their snowmachines early Wednesday morning in western Alaska. Alaska State Troopers contacted the Rescue Coordination Center at about 2:30 a.m. to request a search and rescue […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 176th Wing, one of the nation’s largest and busiest Air National Guard wings, today kicked off its participation in Polar Force 19, a base-wide exercise designed to test mission readiness. “Deploying a military force is a complex operation — many moving parts have to come together seamlessly at the […]