JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska— Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two hikers from Copper Mountain in the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Aug. 31. According to the National Park Service, its Alaska Region Communication Center received a distress call around 7:30 p.m. reporting that a hiker […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons Wednesday morning rescued an elderly man suffering from possible hypothermia who was stranded on the Susitna River, 3.5 miles northwest of Willow. According to Alaska State Troopers, they received a phone call at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday notifying that a man and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a 54-year old man near Jensen Mine, 30 miles south of Delta Junction, Sunday morning around 3:00 a.m. The man suffered injuries from a four-wheeler accident that occurred after he experienced symptoms of a stroke. He is part […]
EAGLE RIVER, Alaska—The Alaska Air National Guard located a missing five-year-old boy on Mount Baldy Monday evening and successfully reunited him with his family. Alaska State Troopers called the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center shortly before 4 p.m. to request assistance in locating the missing child. The RCC asked for the assets of the Alaska Air National […]