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Alaska Air National Guard Airmen Rescue Possible Stroke Victim at Stoney River Lodge

By David Bedard/176th Wing Public Affairs on Feb 23, 2021   Featured, General News, Southwest Alaska  

Alaska Air National Guard Airmen Rescue Possible Stroke Victim at Stoney River Lodge

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated a possible stroke victim Feb. 20 at Stoney River Lodge 200 miles west of Anchorage, about 30 miles east of the village of Sleetmute. Alaska Air National Guard Lt. Col. Keenan Zerkel, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center director, said the Alaska State […]

176th Wing Airmen Participate in Noble Defender Rescue Exercise

By David Bedard/176th Wing Public Affairs on Jan 26, 2021   Featured, Southcentral, State  

176th Wing Airmen Participate in Noble Defender Rescue Exercise

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing participated in the Operation Noble Defender search-and-rescue/personnel recovery (SAR/PR) exercise Jan. 19 to 22, 2021, in Southcentral Alaska. Noble Defender is a North American Aerospace Defense Command Arctic air-defense operation. “The Noble Defender exercise series seeks to support a variety of campaign objectives […]

Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue climber at Chugach Park

By David Bedard/176th Wing Public Affairs on Jan 5, 2021   Featured, General News, Southcentral  

Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue climber at Chugach Park

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a fallen ice climber Jan. 2 at Chugach State Park near Anchorage. Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Katie Magnuson, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center search-and-rescue senior controller, said the Alaska State Troopers requested assistance from the AKRCC reporting that the climber fell […]

Alaska Air National Guard’s Civil Engineer Squadron deploys to four countries

By Sgt Seth LaCount | Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs on Jul 10, 2020   Featured, National/World, State, World  

Alaska Air National Guard’s Civil Engineer Squadron deploys to four countries

  176th CES combats terrorism around the globe JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Last December, 45 Alaska Air Guardsmen assigned to the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron deployed to Kuwait, Niger, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. “What makes this deployment unique is the size of the team that we sent,” said Lt. Col Kass Larson, the […]

176th Wing Completes 2,000th Rescue Mission

By 176th Wing Public Affairs Staff on Jan 17, 2020   Featured, State  

176th Wing Completes 2,000th Rescue Mission

  JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Search and rescue Airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing completed their 2,000th rescue mission Jan. 4 when they rescued a distressed PA-18 Super Cub pilot on the west side of Mount Susitna.  According to Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination […]

210th Rescue Squadron receives first Operational Loss Replacement Pave Hawk

By David Bedard/176th Wing Public Affairs on Aug 8, 2019   Featured, State  

210th Rescue Squadron receives first Operational Loss Replacement Pave Hawk

  JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen of 210th Rescue Squadron delivered the first Operational Loss Replacement HH-60G Pave Hawk Aug. 5, 2019, following a four-day journey from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The HH-60 is the Department of Defense’s sole combat-search-and-rescue helicopter. The OLR program will restore the Pave […]

Alaska Air Guardsmen, Volunteers Rescue Hikers near Mount Marathon

By David Bedard/176th Wing Public Affairs on Jun 24, 2019   Featured, General News, Southcentral  

Alaska Air Guardsmen, Volunteers Rescue Hikers near Mount Marathon

  JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two distressed hikers with the assistance of two Alaska Mountain Rescue Group members June 17 near Mount Marathon west of Seward. AMRG is a nonprofit volunteer search and rescue organization dedicated to providing search and rescue […]

Alaska Air National Guardsmen Show Readiness to Deploy Worldwide

By Lt Col Candis Olmstead | MVA on Apr 3, 2019   Featured, Southcentral, State  

Alaska Air National Guardsmen Show Readiness to Deploy Worldwide

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 176th Wing, one of the nation’s largest and busiest Air National Guard wings, today kicked off its participation in Polar Force 19, a base-wide exercise designed to test mission readiness. “Deploying a military force is a complex operation — many moving parts have to come together seamlessly at the […]

Midnight Sun Guardians Deploy to Iraq

By Sgt David Bedard | JBER on Sep 27, 2018   Featured, General News  

Midnight Sun Guardians Deploy to Iraq

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Approximately 20 Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing are deploying to Iraq at the end of September in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. According to the operation’s Web site, the mission of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve is to defeat the Islamic State group in […]

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