JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Two Alaska Air National Guard Guardian Angel personnel recovery Airmen jumped from a 176th Wing combat search and rescue aircraft into the village of Kotlik March 22 to expedite medical care for a critically ill patient there before medically evacuating her to JBER. The mission opened in response to a request […]
On view starting March 29, 2024, Anchorage Museum Atrium Mezzanine Cases ANCHORAGE, AK – Walrus ivory has been a medium for Alaska Native artistic expression for generations. Anchorage Museum visitors can appreciate the rich tradition, intricacy and skill reflected in contemporary Alaska Native ivory carvings in “Arctic Sculpture: Ivory Carvings from the Anchorage Museum Collection,” opening […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Aviators from the Alaska Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence recently began training at the Marine Corps Weapons Training Instructor Course at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. The current training iteration, March 4 through April 20, hosted by the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) last week announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured […]