BETHEL, ALASKA – The Alaska Army National Guard rescued two overdue snow machiners suffering from severe frostbite near Tuntutuliak, Feb. 14, 2023. After learning the two men were overdue, the Alaska State Troopers requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The AKRCC then sought assistance from the Alaska Army National […]
On Monday evening, troopers based in Delta Junction received an sos activation and would find that six snow machines were stranded in the mountains near the Richardson Monument near mile 200 of the Richardson Highway. When contacted, the riders reported that they were out of fuel, food and water and not dressed for the weather. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with three crewmembers and one paramedic responded to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers to search for two snowmachiners whom activated a distress beacon late Friday night. The Alaska State Troopers received a call from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center in response to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion of the 207th Aviation Regiment rescued two men Thursday night who had departed from Sleetmute Tuesday morning and were two days overdue. The men were traveling on snowmachines, and had told family the general direction they were headed, but had not prepared […]