Washington, D.C. – During a Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to consider the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for the Navy and Marine Corps, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) emphasized the need for the military to pursue its significant and evolving opportunities in the Arctic, specifically asking what plans the branches have for accomplishing strategic […]
(Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy Tuesday announced the future deployment of approximately ten soldiers from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the U.S. southern border. The deployment, which will begin April 1, 2019 in support of aerial patrol operations […]
Unmanned aircraft will soon be deployed to test the feasibility of delivering emergency medical supplies across Alaska as part of a national initiative from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the White House. The Federal Aviation Administration and DOT expanded the scope of the Alaska Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program’s efforts to include medical […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]laska State Troopers report that a Soldotna man is in custody following a standoff at mile 131 of the sterling highway on Sunday morning after SERT with a bearcat tactical response vehicle was deployed. AST received the report of a Soldotna man brandishing firearms at motorists who had stopped to assist him. According to the report, […]