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 […]
The Air National Guard reports that they have a helicopter with the 210th Rescue Squadron poised at the base of Bear Glacier in the Harding Ice Fields ready to fly up to the rescue of of two stranded hikers as soon as the weather clears enough to do so. Terrain and weather are prohibiting rescue […]
HOMER, Alaska — The 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons of the Alaska Air Guard’s 176th Wing trained on water rescue tactics in Homer Sep. 30 to Oct. 1, along with a boat crew as support personnel. Continuous rescue scenario training ensures solidified expertise in both peacetime and wartime search-and-rescue missions. Here in Alaska, water rescues […]
Several HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and approximately 70 personnel from the 210th Rescue Squadron, maintenance squadrons and support personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing will depart for a four-month deployment Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26 and 27, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Their primary mission in-theater is to provide a personnel-recovery […]