JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Search and rescue Airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing completed their 2,000th rescue mission Jan. 4 when they rescued a distressed PA-18 Super Cub pilot on the west side of Mount Susitna. According to Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination […]
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Monday 19 Airmen assigned to the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, ventured out of Alaska’s below freezing temperatures en route to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and its 80-degree days. Each year, Airmen from the 168th Wing deploy to Guam in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Theater […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 176th Wing, one of the nation’s largest and busiest Air National Guard wings, today kicked off its participation in Polar Force 19, a base-wide exercise designed to test mission readiness. “Deploying a military force is a complex operation — many moving parts have to come together seamlessly at the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON— Airmen of the 176th Wing’s 249th Airlift Squadron changed their unit affiliation to the 144th Airlift Squadron during a discreet Aug. 4 ceremony when they swapped patches at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The Alaska Air National Guard’s 249th AS flies the C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft with the active Air Force’s 517th […]