JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Approximately 60 members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing returned here Wednesday after a four-month deployment to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa. The Guardsmen from the 210th Rescue Squadron, 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 176th Maintenance Squadron, 176th Operations Support Squadron and the 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron deployed in […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Brig. Gen. Leon “Mike” Bridges retired after nearly 35 years of National Guard service during a ceremony held at the Alaska National Guard Armory, May 8. A career National Guardsman who served in Oregon, Washington and Alaska units, Bridges started his journey by enlisting during the Cold War; a post-World […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — “Doy’eet’daah.” In Athabascan, this means, “how are you?” This is how Staff Sgt. Wanda Solomon, a native of Kaltag, Alaska, and a traffic management office packer with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, began her speech when she was presented the Richard Frank Military Award at a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 211th Rescue Squadrons who are currently deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, provided key support in the rescue of two Saudi F-15 pilots from the Gulf of Aden Friday. Approximately 120 Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the […]