JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard strengthened operational cooperation with Alaskan Command through an Oct. 21 signing of a memorandum of agreement that establishes “a formal coordination relationship” between the two organizations. As stated in the MOA, the purpose of the document is to detail the relationship between ALCOM and the Alaska […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 176th Air Defense Squadron is integral to Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Region positive identification, tracking and routine intercept of Russian aircraft operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Across the U.S. and Canada, NORAD units track and positively identify foreign military aircraft that enter the ADIZ. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing provided medevac Oct. 26 for a patient experiencing a medical emergency in Stony River – a village more than 200 miles north of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River. A medical provider at a Bethel area hospital requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue […]
Juneau – Monday, the Alaska Legislature unanimously passed a bill to allow emergency medical services (EMS) providers to recover additional costs for transporting Medicaid patients in Alaska. House Bill 176 makes a change in state law that will help EMS providers recover supplemental reimbursements from the Medicaid program, which currently serves over 200,000 Alaskans. “Allowing […]