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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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-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 […]