JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing rescued an injured goat hunter Oct. 4 about 15 miles northwest of Haines. The mission started when the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers following a report of a goat hunter who was injured […]
Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing conducted two missions in one helicopter sortie Sept. 15, rescuing two general aviation pilots at two crash sites in Southcentral Alaska. The missions started when the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received notice that a civilian helicopter pilot had witnessed a PA-18 plane crash on Little Mount Susitna […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard rescued four hunters Sept. 16 in two separate missions at the request of the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Rescue Coordination Center. Midday Monday, the AKRCC received a request from AST to assist two hunters stranded on a sandbar along the Gagaryah River about 200 air […]