JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1-207 Aviation Battalion rescued three individuals shortly after 10 p.m. Sept. 3 about 20 miles northwest of St. Mary’s after their plane crashed. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER was contacted by a commercial air taxi service after the pilot of the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two individuals Aug. 12 after their plane crashed on takeoff west of Delta Junction. According to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the mission was opened in response to a report of a 406-MHZ emergency locator transmitter […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew assisted the National Park Service with rescuing a plane crash survivor from Crillon Lake shore, in Glacier Bay National Park, Wednesday. The survivor swam to a Crillon Lake shore after the crash occurred, where he was rescued by a Jayhawk aircrew. The […]
The Beluga XL, Airbus’s super-transporter, took to the air for the first time from France’s Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on Thursday. The over-sized aircraft took a low pass on the airport wiggling its wings “Hello,” during its four-hour flight over the coast and mountains in south France. Following its maiden flight, Jumbo craft landed at the Toulouse-Blagnac […]