JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1-207 Aviation Battalion rescued three individuals shortly after 10 p.m. Sept. 3 about 20 miles northwest of St. Mary’s after their plane crashed. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER was contacted by a commercial air taxi service after the pilot of the […]
The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center set up a rescue mission for four stranded victims of a rollover near the Knik Glacier late Saturday night. Alaska State Troopers were notified by four individuals who reported that their utility vehicle had rolled over into the Knik River near the base of the Knik Glacier at 9:16 pm […]
CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vermont — Three Alaska Army National Guardsmen put a new spin on their biathlon education, leaving behind the snow and their cross-country skis to glide on pavement with roller skis at a novice biathlon summer camp near Jericho, Vt., July 9-14. The week-long camp boasted 26 biathletes from across the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —An Alaska Air National Guard rescue team saved the life of a climber early Sunday morning after he sustained traumatic injuries in a more than 100-foot fall around 7 p.m. Saturday. He was climbing with a team in the west side of the Neacola Mountains in Lake Clark National Park and […]