JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The identities of the three Soldiers from 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation at Fort Wainwright killed during a helicopter crash Thursday, April 27, near Healy, Alaska, have been released. Deceased are: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, New York. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, […]
The National Transportation Safety Board has been notified and will be investigating a fatal crash of a 1960 Bell 204B “Huey” operated by Northern Pioneer Helicopters that crashed while attempting to land at the Anderson airport on Sunday evening. AST were notified of the incident near mile 280 of the Parks Highway at 7:42 pm […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen from their sinking vessel, Monday in Islet Passage, near Sitka, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew hoisted the two fishermen at approximately 9 p.m. from the 40-foot fishing vessel, Glory, approximately nine miles south of Sitka. The aircrew lowered a rescue swimmer to assess […]
Juneau, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued two people from a plane crash Saturday 40 miles southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescued the two from the U.S. Forest Service Cabin at Humpback Lake in the Misty Fjords National Monument after their float plane crashed during […]