KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews demobilized the forward operating location in Kotzebue, Friday, and moved efforts to Utqiagvik. The move is due to an impact to search and rescue capabilities following a hangar door malfunction, which left helicopters unprotected from cold weather that would cause them to freeze overnight. “Our aircraft […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard forward-operating location rescued three hypothermic mariners from a skiff in Holtham Inlet, Tuesday. The Jayhawk aircrew located the skiff in Holtham Inlet low on fuel and beset by weather and sea conditions. A rescue swimmer was deployed, found the two men and teenage boy […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot of a Cessna 185 aircraft April 15 near Pish River in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve after the plane crashed. According to Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska […]
Alaska State troopers report that three individuals from Noatak who went through the ice on Monday near that community are now listed as deceased. According to the report, Kotzebue troopers received a report at 1:08 am that two snow machines with multiple travelers had gone through the ice near Noatak. One of the travelers […]