JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two men Monday at a strip near Lake George. They landed their Cessna 180 Sunday and became stuck due to soft mud from recent rain. “The pilot had contacted some friends that were going out there to […]
Transitions in senior leadership for the Alaska National Guard were made Monday at the direction of Governor Sean Parnell. Brig. Gen. Mike Bridges met with three leaders in key positions to notify them of personnel changes involving them, effective immediately. Based upon the totality of the OCI report and findings, the governor directed the following […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell spoke with approximately 350 members of the Alaska National Guard during a town-hall meeting at the AKNG Armory here, Sunday. Parnell requested the meeting with Guard members as a platform to have an open discussion about current changes happening within the AKNG pertaining to the released […]
Alaska State Troopers and Fairbanks Police continue to seek 31-year-old Michael Lorenz, and 35-year-old Cody Ladig, two escapees from the North Star Center, a halfway house in the Fairbanks Correctional system. 35-year-old Ladig walked away from the minimum security facility on Thursday of last week. Lorenz left the facility on Saturday night. Ladig was to […]