JUNEAU, Alaska – The Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Troop Command, headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, stationed a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in Juneau, Sept. 19, where AKARNG aviators will fulfill federal training requirements across Southeast Alaska. In addition to their federal mission, the Black Hawk aviators will support, when available, emergency requests by […]
Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing conducted two missions in one helicopter sortie Sept. 15, rescuing two general aviation pilots at two crash sites in Southcentral Alaska. The missions started when the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received notice that a civilian helicopter pilot had witnessed a PA-18 plane crash on Little Mount Susitna […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard rescued four hunters Sept. 16 in two separate missions at the request of the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Rescue Coordination Center. Midday Monday, the AKRCC received a request from AST to assist two hunters stranded on a sandbar along the Gagaryah River about 200 air […]
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, recently performed their third aeromedical evacuation in a month, this time of an injured driver near the remote community of Livengood. Early on August 2, the unit received notification from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center about a request from the Alaska […]