JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured all-terrain vehicle rider Aug. 20 near Kahiltna Glacier about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage. A member of the rider’s party used a satellite-communication device to notify the Alaska State Troopers, who then requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued three plane crash victims in two incidents July 27– one near Tustumena Lake about 70 miles south of Anchorage and the other near Chakachamna Lake about 90 miles west of Anchorage. The first mission with two occupants opened in response to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two lost hikers on the Resurrection Pass Trail about 30 miles south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula. The mission opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center. At the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jetliner crashes with a dozen passengers. All survive the harrowing incident without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range separating them from rapid rescue by a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk […]