JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Responding to a request for assistance last night from the Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker. Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th rescue squadrons rescued the distressed hiker who was stranded on Pioneer Peak, a mountain that […]
AKNG and DNR coordinate relocation of perilous attraction JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In a coordinated effort with the Department of Natural Resources, 12 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment accomplished the successful extraction of a 1940s era bus located west of the Teklanika River near Healy June 18, […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment’s Army Aviation Operations Facility in Nome helped rescue an individual in Coffin Camp May 16, 2020. At approximately 5 a.m., the AAOF in Nome was contacted by the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center on JBER for support in picking up […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Responding to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued two individuals early Friday morning. Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th rescue squadrons saved two people who were stranded in a small boat in the flooded […]