AKNG and DNR coordinate relocation of perilous attraction JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In a coordinated effort with the Department of Natural Resources, 12 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment accomplished the successful extraction of a 1940s era bus located west of the Teklanika River near Healy June 18, […]
Soldotna-based troopers report that both the driver and passenger in a rollover near the intersection of Holley Beck Street and the Kenai Spur Highway suffered life-threatening injuries that necessitated transport by air ambulance to an Anchorage hospital on Saturday morning. Troopers responded to the scene at 11:11 am on Saturday morning to find that […]
EIELSON AFB, Alaska — Pilots crowded around a long, wooden table inside a briefing room early on the morning of Feb. 27 to receive their mission. The day’s tasks: a series of touch-and-go landings followed by mid-air refueling. The KC-135 Stratotanker crews prepared to board would meet up with an HC-130J Combat King II […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Search and rescue Airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing completed their 2,000th rescue mission Jan. 4 when they rescued a distressed PA-18 Super Cub pilot on the west side of Mount Susitna. According to Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination […]