Just after 11 am on Saturday morning, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were alerted that a man was clinging to a large chunk of sea ice in Cook Inlet near the Anchor Point tractor launch and at11:47 hours AWT Trooper Baum responded to the shoreline adjacent to the scene. Trooper Baum, from his viewpoint at the tractor […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing assisted a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer Feb. 8 at Beluga Lake about 60 miles west of Anchorage. The mission opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC). The officer […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen from their sinking vessel, Monday in Islet Passage, near Sitka, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew hoisted the two fishermen at approximately 9 p.m. from the 40-foot fishing vessel, Glory, approximately nine miles south of Sitka. The aircrew lowered a rescue swimmer to assess […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard hoisted three hunters Wednesday, who were stranded after their boat sank on the southern end of Popof Island. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted all three hunters at 7:30 a.m. from the shoreline and transported them to Sand Point Airport where they were met […]