JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska—The Alaska Air National Guard is stepping up to assist with Hurricane Harvey humanitarian disaster relief operations. The 176th Wing deployed 21 Airmen in one of their C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, en route to Fort Hood, Texas this morning. Two aircrews from the 249th Airlift Squadron and 13 Guardian Angels from […]
RIGA, Latvia — He wasn’t the one you’d pin as a construction worker, much less in Latvia. You know the type — the lanky, quiet one who surprised you when he made a joke. But there he was, twenty-two-year-old Clint Heller on his maiden voyage overseas, applying himself to train not only in his sister-field […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Current and former members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron bid farewell to the last of their HC-130N aircraft Jan. 17 as it departed here for Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. The HC-130 variants of the C-130 family of aircraft are designed for long-range search-and-rescue missions. […]
Searchers in boats on Lake Clark have found items believed to have belonged to four people who were aboard an aircraft that had left Port Alsworth headed to Anchorage before disappearing on Wednesday. The items, found floating in the water, were discovered in various locations on the lake to the north and east of Port […]