Massive exercises conducted by the Russian air force bagan in that country on Monday according to the Russian Defense ministry. They report that 12,000 soldiers and 250 aircraft are taking part in what they call preparation for larger drills that are to take place in September. The maneuvers, which are to last until Thursday are […]
Alaska State Troopers have released the names of the two pilots involved in mid-air collision in the Matanuska Valley over the weekend as 35-year-old Alaska Wildlife Trooper Levi Duell and 52-year-old Eagle River resident Jeffrey Bara. It was just after 1 pm on Saturday afternoon that a report went in to the troopers reporting a mid-air […]
A Cessna 180 was practicing touch and gos on a remote gravel bar 23 miles north of Gustavus on Wednesday evening when the aircraft hit a dip on the gravel bar and the aircraft suffered a prop strike, flipping the aircraft over. Ketchikan State Troopers received a call from the International Rescue Coordination Center reporting […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two men after their aircraft crashed in a remote region of the northeast Brooks Range Friday. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center reports that the pilot of the aircraft had picked up a group of hunters from […]