The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center set up a rescue mission for four stranded victims of a rollover near the Knik Glacier late Saturday night. Alaska State Troopers were notified by four individuals who reported that their utility vehicle had rolled over into the Knik River near the base of the Knik Glacier at 9:16 pm […]
Authorities in Seattle reported that a man thought to be suicidal stole a Horizon Air aircraft from the SeaTac Airport at approximately 8 pm and took off, performed aerobatic maneuvers with the passenger aircraft before intentionally crashing the aircraft on Ketron Island in south Puget Sound on Friday evening. The man, reported to be a ground […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON— Airmen of the 176th Wing’s 249th Airlift Squadron changed their unit affiliation to the 144th Airlift Squadron during a discreet Aug. 4 ceremony when they swapped patches at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The Alaska Air National Guard’s 249th AS flies the C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft with the active Air Force’s 517th […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons were dispatched Monday morning in search of an overdue aircraft that was headed to McCarthy. The 211th RQS HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and crew, including two pararescuemen onboard from the 212th RQS, searched the pilot’s reported route, […]