U.S. federal investigators will try to determine the circumstances surrounding a private plane with an unresponsive pilot that crashed Sunday in the state of Virginia after flying over the nation’s capital and prompting the military to scramble two jet fighters. Virginia State Police said rescuers arrived at the crash site by foot late Sunday and […]
More than just a political “stunt,” said one critic, this is “about inhumane and illegal conduct toward vulnerable people that is an affront to the values of every decent human being.” As Republican Governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas continued over the weekend to defend their plot to put refugees and migrants […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two plane crash victims on Aug. 7 at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve about 300 miles west of Anchorage, near the park’s border with Canada. The National Park Service requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after receipt of […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued three plane crash victims in two incidents July 27– one near Tustumena Lake about 70 miles south of Anchorage and the other near Chakachamna Lake about 90 miles west of Anchorage. The first mission with two occupants opened in response to […]