FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska — In a historic first for Ladd Army Airfield, in the early hours of March 26, approximately 400 paratroopers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, and several allied nations parachuted onto Fort Wainwright. The purpose of the jump, part of a Joint Forcible Entry Operation practical exercise, […]
At 1:13am on Saturday morning, troopers, while patrolling the Mitchell Expressway in Fairbanks observed an eastbound vehicle traveling with no headlights and performed a traffic stop. The traffic stop resulted in two taken into custody. The driver of the vehicle, 43-year-old James martin was contacted during the stopand troopers found that he had an outstanding […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The 11th Airborne Division’s annual regional combat training center exercise, Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02, is set to begin March 27 and continue through April 5, with military vehicles and personnel moving between Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and the Eielson Air Force Base area before and after […]
According to Alaska State Troopers, they responded to a traffic collision on Badger Road near Lowood Street just after midnight on Wednesday morning. But, when they arrived at the scene, they found that the driver had fled the scene on foot. Troopers would track the fleeing driver’s footprints for 2 1/2 miles in the snow. The […]