[dropcap]J[/dropcap]OINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot of a Piper PA-22 aircraft Jan. 22 at Chickaloon Flats after the plane was damaged. According to Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Wesley Ladd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the alert notification came from activation […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he absence of wind, dry conditions, and lengthy low temperatures make Fairbanks an ideal location for cold weather testing of aircraft. A helicopter manufacturer scheduled cold weather testing at Fairbanks International Airport beginning last Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 through Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. Due to the extreme weather conditions that presented themselves last night, […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued two stranded hunters on the Punuk Islands, east of St. Lawrence Island, 664 miles Northwest of Kodiak, Alaska, Thursday. After the aircrew’s roughly 700-mile transit, the men were taken to Nome for further care. One of the men was reported to […]
A JBER man was critically injured while on a bear hunt with a partner above Carter Lake on Friday and was transported to Anchorage via Lifemed, troopers report. The Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center received a notification via an In-Reach device at 12:08 am on Saturday morning reporting that two men were in distress. Alaska […]