JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of the 176th Wing medically evacuated a stroke victim March 30 from Bethel before rescuing two injured snowmachine riders near Ruby the same day. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center to medevac a stroke victim when civilian air […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the active duty 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, conducted a joint operation to transport an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from Bethel to JBER in early January 2024. The Pave […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Waqaa, wiinga Nunakuata, Tangeqcuguluk! Hello, I am Nunakuata, Tangeqcuguluk! My marrluk (grandmother) would always call for me when she needed me, “Tangeqcuguluk!” The translation in English means little boy. I am named after her baby boy who passed after childbirth. “Nunak, or Nunakuata” translates to someone who is nomadic […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued an injured snowmachiner Nov. 6 near Livengood about 40 miles north of Fairbanks. The uninjured member of the two-member snowmachine party used a satellite phone to call the Alaska State Troopers. Due to severe weather, the Troopers requested assistance from the Alaska […]