A pilot was killed and a man on the ground suffered burn injuries when a Robinson R44 crashed at the Birchwood Airport 24 miles north of Anchorage on Wednesday. The pilot of the helicopter was identified as 62-year-old Thomas Moore. According to witnesses at the scene, the helicopter was practicing sling load maneuvers at the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four men, ages 18 to 26, after their plane went down at the toe of Skilak Glacier last night. The pilot of the downed Cessna 172 aircraft texted family to request help and they notified the Alaska […]
