JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska- Alaska Air and Army National Guard, U.S. Army and Civil Air Patrol units responded to six requests for assistance, primarily in support of the Alaska State Troopers and local hospitals May 24-28, 2025. The AKARNG rescued five people near the Knik River, with a HH-60M black hawk helicopter in a one-hour […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard Airmen of 176th Wing rescued four individuals in four different missions in Southcentral Alaska between April 1 and 4. The first mission opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers April 1 to help an injured snowmachiner at the base of […]
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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing rescued eight distressed residents through five missions over the Labor Day Weekend. Two of the missions required 212th Rescue Squadron Guardian Angels to parachute from an HC-130J Combat King II. The missions started Aug. 30 when the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center […]