A pilot and his trainer crashed west of the Willow Airport on Saturday and were rescued by the Rescue Coordination Center and taken to a local for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries troopers reported. According to the report, 20-year-old Robin C Spaulding and 29-year-old John P Cabaud were practicing night flight operations when their aircraft crashed. Cabaud […]
CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vermont — Three Alaska Army National Guardsmen put a new spin on their biathlon education, leaving behind the snow and their cross-country skis to glide on pavement with roller skis at a novice biathlon summer camp near Jericho, Vt., July 9-14. The week-long camp boasted 26 biathletes from across the […]
22 soldiers at Fort Hunter Liggett, 250 miles northwest of Los Angeles, were injured when a MH-60 helicopter came in for a landing on Wednesday night and in the process blew down a tent at the training camp, the U.S. Army reported. According to the report, the Blackhawk helicopter’s rotor wash caused the tent to […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) in cooperation with local, state, federal and military partners implemented several successful prescribed fire projects this spring to reduce the risk of wildfires on military training areas. There were 31,517 acres and 400 woody debris piles burned on 15 military ranges in […]