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  • Alaska Guard Treats Injured Pilot Near Knik Glacier

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Three Alaska Air National Guard pararescuemen, or PJs, of the 212th Rescue Squadron provided lifesaving medical care May 5 for a pilot involved in a plane crash near Knik Glacier.Master Sgt. Tyler Albee, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman; Master Sgt. Bill

  • Alaska Air Guard Conducts Three Rescue Missions in 24 Hours

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members from the 176th Wing rescued five individuals involved in three incidents Sept. 15 that spanned more than 550 miles across Alaska.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened a mission in the morning of Sept. 15 in response

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Individual With Facial Laceration Near Knik Glacier

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members with the 176th Wing rescued an individual with a facial laceration Aug. 25, about 40 miles northeast of Anchorage in the vicinity of Knik Glacier.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Climber Trapped on Cliff

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued a climber who was trapped and unable to climb down a steep cliff July 27 near Seward.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a request for assistance from the

  • California Air Guard, Coast Guard Rescue Sailor Offshore

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. — A Ukrainian sailor was rescued by a pararescueman from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing and transported to a local hospital Tuesday evening after a medical emergency hundreds of miles offshore.The patient, a 40-year-old sailor aboard the

  • Alaska National Guardsmen Save Nine During Start of Rescue Season

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska– Alaska Air and Army National Guard units responded to five requests for assistance May 24-28, primarily in support of the Alaska State Troopers and local hospitals.The Alaska Army National Guard rescued five people near the Knik River May 26 with a HH-60M

  • California Guard Conducts Rescue Mission off the Coast of Costa Rica

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A dynamic team of service members from the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Air National Guard Base, conducted a multi-day medical evacuation mission in response to a boatsman who sustained head lacerations after being struck by a metal pole when a pulley snapped on a foreign

  • Alaska National Guard rescues five people in three missions

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued five people from three separate incidents Aug. 11 and 12 at different locations throughout Southcentral and Interior Alaska.For the first rescue mission Aug. 11, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center

  • California Air National Guard Rescues Injured Sailboat Racer

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A crew member of a racing yacht who developed a life-threatening infection at sea while returning a racing sailboat from Hawaii to California is safe on land tonight. After being stabilized, he was hoisted off a ship Friday and airlifted for additional medical care Sunday by