BETHEL, Alaska –The Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Facility in Bethel experienced an inadvertent release of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) containing components of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) due to fire suppression system malfunction June 25. The release in and around the facility has been contained and cleaned, and any risk to the local population […]
KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK, Alaska — On the morning of April 18, Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center received a report of six adult skiers stranded in a snow cave on the Harding Icefield within Kenai Fjords National Park. The group was undertaking a multiday traverse of the Harding Ice Field from Exit Glacier to Bradley Lake […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A 176th Wing personnel officer visited Robert Service High School Navy Junior ROTC cadets April 15 at the school’s Anchorage campus to share her story of military service. Alaska Air National Guard 1st Lt. Laurel Foster, 176th Force Support Squadron Force Development and Education officer, spoke with cadets, shot archery, […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER facilitated two personnel recovery missions at remote locations across Alaska in a 24-hour period April 4 and 5. The first mission opened in response to an April 4 request from the Norton Sound Regional Hospital in Nome to medically […]