One of three men who capsized on Lake Louis on Sunday morning died despite attempts to save his life according to the Alaska State Troopers dispatch. Alaska State Troopers were notified of the activation of a personal locator beacon on Lake Louis on Sunday morning at approximately 8:40 am. An investigation showed that the PLB […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska—The Alaska Air National Guard rescued three people from a downed aircraft Sept. 13 west of Beluga Mountain, Alaska. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission after receiving notification around 1:30 p.m. that a 406 emergency locator transmitter had been activated. The Alaska RCC was able to get registration information from […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued three hikers from the Bomber Glacier area near Hatchers Pass, Sept. 4. One of the hikers contacted the Alaska State Troopers via cellphone after another hiker had fallen and broken his leg. “One of them climbed up […]
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 […]