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 […]
Source: Coast Guard Air Station Sitka conducts non-maritime medevac of injured man on Baranof Island, Alaska JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. Coast Guard crews across the state of Alaska responded to a multitude of cases over the holiday weekend, conducting three medevacs and assisting 16 people, and two dogs. “Crews worked continuously throughout Alaska this […]