JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Search and rescue Airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing completed their 2,000th rescue mission Jan. 4 when they rescued a distressed PA-18 Super Cub pilot on the west side of Mount Susitna. According to Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs visited Nome, Alaska, Dec. 17-18, as part of the department’s new rural operations hub concept to strengthen the department’s ties with Alaska’s rural communities, in an effort to grow upon disaster response measures and capabilities. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, Alaska […]
297th Military Police Company returns home from nine months overseas JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON— Approximately 80 Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 297th Military Police Company returned home Dec. 11, following a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. As Soldiers in 297th MP Co. were transported on buses to the Guard armory from the airport, […]
Image: Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Diola and Master Sgt. Cody Inman, both pararescuemen with 212th Rescue Squadron, demonstrate the gear they carried when jumping from an HC-130J Combat King II to rescue the victim of a bear mauling near Galena. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released) JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, […]