Alaska Air National Guard rescue Airmen of 176th Wing rescued an injured paraglider March 8 at Hatcher Pass. The Alaska State Troopers requested assistance through the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center who passed the request to 176th Wing. The wing search and rescue duty officer ordered the launch of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Arctic Guardians of the 176th Wing’s 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons as well as supporting wing units are ready to deploy worldwide as the nucleus of a personnel recovery task force using the principles and tactics of Agile Combat Employment. According to an Air University brief, ACE is a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jetliner crashes with a dozen passengers. All survive the harrowing incident without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range separating them from rapid rescue by a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matt Steible, a 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman (PJ), knew that in order to get to the victim of a roadside bomb trapped under a subcompact sedan, he would have to lift the stricken vehicle. Steible grasped the underside chassis rail and, with superhuman strength, lifted […]