176th Wing Guardian Angels jump into Pilot Station to enable medevac

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176th Wing Guardian Angels jump into Pilot Station to enable medevac

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — During a complex medevac involving three 176th Wing Guardian Angel teams, two HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and one HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, a combat rescue officer and a pararescueman parachuted into Pilot Station, March 8, to reach a patient in critical condition. Nearing midnight, March 7, the Alaska Rescue […]

Alaska Air Guardsmen Rescue Crash Survivors near Delta Junction

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Alaska Air Guardsmen Rescue Crash Survivors near Delta Junction

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two individuals Aug. 12 after their plane crashed on takeoff west of Delta Junction. According to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the mission was opened in response to a report of a 406-MHZ emergency locator transmitter […]