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  • California Air Guard Rescues Ailing Fisherman at Sea

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - A 79-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran and stroke survivor is recuperating after a successful medical evacuation conducted by a team from the 129th Rescue Wing Nov. 8, approximately 400 miles off the coast of San Diego.The patient was on a chartered fishing

  • California Air Guard Helps Rescue Critically Injured Mariner

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. -- In a remarkable display of coordination and teamwork, the 129th Rescue Wing executed a high-stakes medical evacuation Oct. 9, rescuing an unconscious merchant mariner aboard a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel about 800 nautical miles off the coast. 

  • Alaska Air National Guard Rescues 2 Plane Crash Victims

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing members conducted two missions in one helicopter sortie Sept. 15, rescuing two general aviation pilots at two crash sites in Southcentral Alaska.The missions started when the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received

  • Alaska National Guard Rescues 4 Hunters in Same-day Missions

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard rescued four hunters Sept. 16 in two separate missions at the request of the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Rescue Coordination Center.Midday Monday, the AKRCC received a request from the Alaska State Troopers to assist two

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Plane Crash Victims, Hikers, Hunter

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing members rescued eight distressed residents in 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

  • Michigan Air Guard Medical Group Trains on Patient Staging

    ALPENA, Mich. - In the era of great power competition, caring for and transporting patients will be essential for our joint force. Northern Strike 24-2 is exercising this capability through the 127th Medical Group’s En Route Patient Staging System (ERPSS).From Aug. 11-13, Selfridge Air National

  • Alaska Air Guard Helps Rescue Plane Accident Victims

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard members of the 176th Wing and the National Park Service and Talkeetna Air Taxi rescued nine plane crash victims July 12 at the Tokositna Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve.According to an NPS news release, K2 Aviation

  • Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Mariner in Gulf of Alaska

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - When a mariner on a cargo vessel sailing in the Gulf of Alaska became critically ill June 15, Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing came to the rescue.Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Miles Brodsky was the 176th Wing search and rescue duty officer

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues 6 plane crash victims

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of the 176th Wing rescued six plane crash victims June 10 near Port Alsworth, about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage.The DHC-2 Beaver aircraft crashed in a heavily wooded area of the Lake Clark National Park and

  • Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Hypothermic Mariner

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of the 176th Wing hoisted a hypothermic mariner to safety May 30 about 20 miles southwest of Kodiak Island.The boating party was in a vessel that capsized, triggering an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon