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Trading places

By David Bedard/176th Wing Public Affairs on May 24, 2021 Featured, General News

Arctic Guardians of 176th Mission Support Group swap jobs to become Multi-Capable Airmen JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The complexity of moving a flying mission from an Air Force base with all the bells and whistles to an austere airfield somewhere in the vast blue reaches of the Pacific is tantamount to a mini moonshot. […]

Alaska Airmen Rescue two people stranded in the Kuskokwim River

By Lt Col Candis Olmstead | MVA on May 4, 2020 Featured, General News

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Responding to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued two individuals early Friday morning. Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th rescue squadrons saved two people who were stranded in a small boat in the flooded […]