JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment provided medical evacuation for two men in Haines yesterday, ensuring they were able to get the emergency care needed as quickly as possible. A civilian medevac unit was unable to reach Haines due to inclement weather, and the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Battalion provided aerial assistance for the past two days to help in the search for an overdue snowmachiner on his way from Eek to Quinhagak. According to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the individual departed on snow machine shortly after […]
22 soldiers at Fort Hunter Liggett, 250 miles northwest of Los Angeles, were injured when a MH-60 helicopter came in for a landing on Wednesday night and in the process blew down a tent at the training camp, the U.S. Army reported. According to the report, the Blackhawk helicopter’s rotor wash caused the tent to […]
HONOLULU — Coast Guard and Army personnel are responding to a report of a downed Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with five crew aboard approximately two miles west of Kaena Point, Oahu, Wednesday. Responding are: HC-130 Hercules airplane aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station […]