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Alaska Air National Guard Airmen Rescue Four Hikers at Hatcher Pass

By David Bedard | JBER on Jul 6, 2021   Featured, General News  

Alaska Air National Guard Airmen Rescue Four Hikers at Hatcher Pass

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued four hikers at Hatcher Pass near Mint Hut July 2.  Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Brent Kramer, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center senior controller, said the hiking party activated the “SOS” on their satellite communication device when a member of the party fell […]

Alaska National Guard rescues stranded mountaineers on Klutlan Glacier in Wrangell-St Elias

By Maj. Chelsea Aspelund | Alaska National Guard on Jun 2, 2021   Featured, General News, Interior Alaska  

Alaska National Guard rescues stranded mountaineers on Klutlan Glacier in Wrangell-St Elias

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen rescued 12 stranded mountaineers on Klutlan Glacier, southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park, June 1. The rescue response was initiated at 7:55 a.m. on May 29 when the National Park Service requested support from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after receiving […]

Alaska National Guard airlifts “Into the Wild” bus from Stampede Trail

By Lt Col Candis Olmstead | MVA on Jun 19, 2020   Featured, General News, Interior Alaska  

Alaska National Guard airlifts “Into the Wild” bus from Stampede Trail

  AKNG and DNR coordinate relocation of perilous attraction JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In a coordinated effort with the Department of Natural Resources, 12 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment accomplished the successful extraction of a 1940s era bus located west of the Teklanika River near Healy June 18, […]

Two Hikers and Two Dogs Plucked from Cupola Mountain by Coast Guard

By 17th District online newsroom on Oct 1, 2019   Featured, General News, Southeast Alaska  

Two Hikers and Two Dogs Plucked from Cupola Mountain by Coast Guard

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crew member rescues an injured hiker on Cupola Mountain in Sitka on Sept. 29, 2019. KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew rescued two hikers and their two dogs off of Cupola Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, on Sunday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely hoisted and […]

Stampede Trail Hiker Loses Life Crossing Teklanika River

By Alaska Native News on Jul 29, 2019   Featured, General News, Interior Alaska  

Stampede Trail Hiker Loses Life Crossing Teklanika River

  A female hiker lost her life in the Teklanika River along the Stampede Trail near Healy on last Thursday AST reports. According to the trooper report, they were notified just before midnight on Thursday by 24-year-old Piotr Markielau that his wife, 24-year-old Veranika Nikanava, had been swept away and drowned in the river. At […]

Alaska Air Guardsmen, Volunteers Rescue Hikers near Mount Marathon

By David Bedard/176th Wing Public Affairs on Jun 24, 2019   Featured, General News, Southcentral  

Alaska Air Guardsmen, Volunteers Rescue Hikers near Mount Marathon

  JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two distressed hikers with the assistance of two Alaska Mountain Rescue Group members June 17 near Mount Marathon west of Seward. AMRG is a nonprofit volunteer search and rescue organization dedicated to providing search and rescue […]

Two Hikers Plucked from Ravine at Lemon Creek Glacier

By Alaska Native News on Jun 18, 2019   Featured, General News, Southeast Alaska  

Two Hikers Plucked from Ravine at Lemon Creek Glacier

  Two overdue hikers were hoisted out of a deep ravine after they were reported overdue from a hike on the Juneau ice field on Sunday night. According to the trooper report, 67-year-old Kirk Miller and 69-year-old Bohdan Petryszak, both of New York had hiked onto the Lemon Creek Glacier and were due back at […]

Coast Guard Rescues Three People Off William Henry Mountain

By U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Alaska on Oct 16, 2018   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

Coast Guard Rescues Three People Off William Henry Mountain

JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew hoisted three people from William Henry Mountain, northwest of William Henry Bay in Lynn Canal Monday morning. The two men and one woman were hoisted and brought to Juneau where no medical concerns were reported. Coast Guard Sector Juneau Command Center […]

Sitka Mountain Rescue Bring Five Hikers off of Harbor Mountain

By Alaska Native News on Apr 9, 2018   General News, Southeast Alaska  

Sitka Mountain Rescue Bring Five Hikers off of Harbor Mountain

Sitka-based troopers reported on Monday morning that all rescue personnel and hikers made it out made it out of the field Sunday morning after a successful operation. A call to AST by Sitka Mountain Rescue reporting five hikers on Harbor Mountain were in need of assistance at 6:40 pm. According to the report, one of […]

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