JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft – that’s how some would describe what Pfc. Edgar Sandoval was prepared to do the drearily cloudy Alaska morning of Aug. 5. The perfectly good aircraft in question was a UH-60 Black Hawk piloted by 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National […]
A late Sunday evening rafting trip on the Eagle River turned tragic for two brothers when their raft capsized as they rafted down the river, troopers reported on Monday. Troopers were notified of the on-going search for the two brothers, aged 30 years and 14 years at 9:50 pm following a raft overturn at approximately 7 […]
It was reported to Alaska State Troopers by the Alaska National Guard 212th Rescue Squadron on Thursday that “that the body of who they believe to be Robert Brown, 20 of Texas, was recovered from Eklutna Lake,” the trooper dispatch reported. The 212th Rescue Squadron had been searching the lake for the past two days […]
Following an unsuccessful search for Texas man Robert Brown in Eklutna Lake on Tuesday, in which the intake pump for the hydroelectric plant there was shut down, troopers announced that the search for the missing kayaker “have been suspended pending further leads,” troopers revealed. The initial search for Brown, who was reported missing after he overturned […]