JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker Aug. 31 near Eklutna Lake about 30 miles northeast of Anchorage. Alaska State Troopers requested support after the hiker messaged for help using a satellite-communication device At the request of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, 176th Wing launched a […]
It was reported to Alaska State Troopers by the Alaska National Guard 212th Rescue Squadron on Thursday that “that the body of who they believe to be Robert Brown, 20 of Texas, was recovered from Eklutna Lake,” the trooper dispatch reported. The 212th Rescue Squadron had been searching the lake for the past two days […]
Following an unsuccessful search for Texas man Robert Brown in Eklutna Lake on Tuesday, in which the intake pump for the hydroelectric plant there was shut down, troopers announced that the search for the missing kayaker “have been suspended pending further leads,” troopers revealed. The initial search for Brown, who was reported missing after he overturned […]
Alaska State Troopers report that as of today, the missing kayaker that overturned on Eklutna Lake is still missing despite efforts to recover his remains. Troopers identified the man as 20-year-old Texas resident Robert Brown who, they report was on active duty as an airman in the Air Force and was stationed at JBER. He […]