JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing assisted a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer Feb. 8 at Beluga Lake about 60 miles west of Anchorage. The mission opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC). The officer […]
Alaska Mountain Rescue Group volunteers with the assistance of HELO 3 accessed the steep, mountainous area in the Eagle River Valley and recovered the remains of the two occupants of the downed aircraft on Tuesday evening. Troopers revealed the identities of the two deceased as 23-year-old Anchorage resident Dakota Bauder and 27-year-old Hawaii resident McKenna […]
Alaska State Troopers are reporting that AKRCC was alerted to an overdue aircraft out of the Anchorage airport at 8:09 pm on Monday evening. Almost 3 hours later a good samaritan was able to put down after seeing a crash site and confirmed all occupants were deceased. “It was believed the aircraft had gone up […]
Troopers, after being notified of a downed single-engine aircraft northwest of the Elliott Highway at 1:19 pm on Sunday, launched HELO 2 and responded to the scene. When troopers arrived 9 miles to the northwest of mile 131 of the highway they made contact with the pilot who was the only occupant and were informed […]