JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with G Co., 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued an injured skier, March 27, in the Tordrillo Mountains at the base of Mount Torbert located 10 miles north of Mount Spurr. The mission was opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska […]
On Sunday night, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of an overdue Piper PA-12 Supercruiser aircraft that had not returned as scheduled. Initial information led troopers to believe that the location of the downed aircraft was either Tustumena Lake or the Kenai Mountains east of Homer. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center and the Coast […]
Alaska Air National Guard rescue Airmen of 176th Wing rescued an injured paraglider March 8 at Hatcher Pass. The Alaska State Troopers requested assistance through the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center who passed the request to 176th Wing. The wing search and rescue duty officer ordered the launch of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk […]
