JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued five distressed boaters stuck in sea ice June 16 about 10 miles east of Deering on the Kotzebue Sound. The boaters used VHF radio to call for help, which was received by Deering residents who called Alaska State Troopers. The […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Following more than a year of innovation and work, the 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron is testing the Logistical Operations Device cart that will greatly enhance aerial cargo operations in an austere combat environment or during domestic disaster-relief operations. Modesto, California, native Staff Sgt. Juan Ortega, 176th LRS Air Transportation Function […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A U.S. Air Force Airman stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) was arrested last week after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging him with distributing and possessing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). According to court documents, in August 2024, Caleb French, 27, was reported to the U.S. Air […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Aviators from the Alaska Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence recently began training at the Marine Corps Weapons Training Instructor Course at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. The current training iteration, March 4 through April 20, hosted by the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics […]