At 7 pm on Wednesday, a 911 call was received by the Valdez Fire Department reporting that five cannery employees from that community had hiked up the mountain behind the Valdez High School and had become unable to advance or retreat from their position. The party reported that they had crossed over the Mineral Creek […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A pararescueman with the Alaska Air National Guard’s famed 212th Rescue Squadron pinned on the Silver Star — the nation’s third-highest award for valor — in a ceremony here July 11. Master Sgt. Roger Sparks was awarded the honor for his actions during a fierce firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan’s […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment rescued a distressed hiker near Inner Lake George Thursday. A four-member crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter were preparing for a routine training flight when the Army Guard’s flight operations center notified them about the mission at approximately […]