JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard is providing emergency response assistance to the Fairbanks North Star Borough starting today after extreme snow and ice conditions in Interior Alaska have caused power outages and stranded some local residents. Air National Guard and Army National Guard personnel who live in the borough volunteered for […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard continued with the tradition of Operation Santa Claus again this year, spreading holiday joy to remote Alaskan villages by delivering gifts to children of two communities. Gifts were delivered to Buckland Dec. 14, while a flight to Chevak was delayed several times due to inclement weather. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Medevac aircrew from the Alaska Army National Guard provided emergency medical assistance and helicopter medical evacuation to a 75-year old man after he fell into a river and drowned, requiring immediate resuscitation and sustaining multiple injuries, Aug. 12. The patient was on a guided fishing trip with family members on the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued four occupants from two aircraft crashes Aug. 12 and 14. The Guardsmen rescued two from a PA-18 Super Cub crash in the Ptarmigan Pass area Thursday, and they rescued three from a PA-14 Family Cruiser on the Beluga River on Saturday. […]