BEIJING—China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it has claimed in the South China Sea, a move that is likely to increase tensions among China and its neighbors. Officials in Taiwan and the United States say China has deployed surface to air missiles on a disputed island Beijing […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – U.S. Army Alaska’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy and operate in extreme cold regions this week with the first-ever deployment of Stryker vehicles north of the Arctic Circle November 3-4. The joint, multi-agency Operation Arctic Pegasus exercised the brigade’s rapid deployment […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 211th Rescue Squadrons who are currently deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, provided key support in the rescue of two Saudi F-15 pilots from the Gulf of Aden Friday. Approximately 120 Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the […]
Several HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and approximately 70 personnel from the 210th Rescue Squadron, maintenance squadrons and support personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing will depart for a four-month deployment Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26 and 27, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Their primary mission in-theater is to provide a personnel-recovery […]