HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Arctic Dustoff crews from C Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment have flown three missions so far this month to assist sick or injured Alaskans. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson forwarded a request for assistance Sept. 16 from the Alaska State Troopers to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft – that’s how some would describe what Pfc. Edgar Sandoval was prepared to do the drearily cloudy Alaska morning of Aug. 5. The perfectly good aircraft in question was a UH-60 Black Hawk piloted by 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — When not wrenching on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for 40 hours a week, one Alaska Army National Guardsman trades in her flight suit for a pair of sneakers and the dance floor. Sgt. Brianna McMillen is a crew chief with 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and has served five […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Nearly 300 U.S. Army Alaska soldiers from three different units will return from Afghanistan to reunite with their friends and families at Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Tuesday, Nov. 18. At Fort Wainwright, the final group of Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, […]