Maj. John Callahan | 176th Wing Public Affairs

Alaska National Guard Commander Eyes Regional Hub Concept

By Maj. John Callahan | 176th Wing Public Affairs on Oct 8, 2019 Featured, General News, Rural

Outreach builds relationships for potential future partnerships Photo: Carter Boyers, 9, checks out an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the Galena airstrip. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. John Callahan) GALENA, Alaska — Brig. Gen. Torrence Saxe, commander of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Alaska Department of […]

Alaska Air Guardsmen bid farewell to last C-130 Hercules aircraft

By Maj. John Callahan | 176th Wing Public Affairs on Mar 8, 2017 Featured, State

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — On the bright, chilly morning of March 5, a small crowd of onlookers and well-wishers listened to the sound of the Alaska Air National Guard’s C-130H Hercules turboprops recede into the distance for the last time. The wing’s divestiture of the last of the 144th Airlift Squadron’s C-130s marks a sea […]