JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —An Alaska Air National Guard rescue team saved the life of a climber early Sunday morning after he sustained traumatic injuries in a more than 100-foot fall around 7 p.m. Saturday. He was climbing with a team in the west side of the Neacola Mountains in Lake Clark National Park and […]
JBER, AK – The State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) is assisting communities in preparation for breakup along Alaska’s major river systems this spring. Breakup is a time of both excitement and anxiety. Residents anticipate the ability to travel along the rivers, but are also concerned with the threat that […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER, Alaska – Military skaters will take to the ice at the Sullivan Arena Saturday, Jan. 13, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. to face off in the 5th Annual Army vs Air Force Hockey Game. The two teams will consist of JBER-based Soldiers and Airmen, who not only represent their service branches, but […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — On the bright, chilly morning of March 5, a small crowd of onlookers and well-wishers listened to the sound of the Alaska Air National Guard’s C-130H Hercules turboprops recede into the distance for the last time. The wing’s divestiture of the last of the 144th Airlift Squadron’s C-130s marks a sea […]