JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — The Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued eight individuals during four rescue missions in Alaska and Yukon Territory between Jan. 26 and Jan. 31. A 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk and a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II, both with 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen (PJs) onboard, responded Jan. […]
JUNEAU – The Alaska State Legislature today passed House Joint Resolution 4 by a vote of 19-0 in the Senate and 31-8 in the House. Urging the federal government to maintain “Denali” as the official name of North America’s tallest peak, the resolution comes in response to recent federal efforts to rename the mountain. “Denali […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fairbanks man was sentenced last Friday to 12 years in prison and will serve 25 years on supervised release for attempting to produce child pornography and entice a minor. According to court documents, on July 7, 2023, a law enforcement official, acting in an undercover capacity and posing online as a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Suspended in her parachute harness, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot descended toward the frigid Interior Alaska landscape. In the dead of winter, the temperature plummeted to 35 degrees below zero and cast a blanket of ice fog obscuring the ground. Though the pilot is trained and equipped to survive for a short […]