JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued two people after their plane crashed on Montague Island, Tuesday. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew forward deployed to Cordova, Alaska, arrived on scene at 6:46 p.m., landed near the crash site, embarked the two survivors and transported them to Cordova. The two people […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – On June 22, 1955, two Russian MiG 15’s from Siberia shot down a U.S. Navy plane flying a routine maritime patrol over the Bering Sea. It crash-landed on an ice shelf prompting fourteen Guardsmen from the First Scout Battalion to mount a rescue mission saving everyone on board. On July […]
All occupants of a plane crash a half mile offshore of Kokhanok on Iliamna Lake were rescued after the aircraft began taking on water and the passengers and pilot were forced to abandon the aircraft and enter the water. Dispatch at Fairbanks AST received a call reporting the crash at 6:20 pm on Saturday and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard’s G Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment rescued an injured mountain biker south of Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, May 30. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received the support request from the Alaska State Troopers. Lt. Col. Christen Brewer, AKRCC director, said the request came from […]