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  • Alaska Air National Guard hoists injured hiker to safety

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing hoisted a hiker off the Crow Pass Trail near Girdwood Aug. 3.   The Alaska State Trooper search and rescue coordinator contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center about 8:30 p.m. after receiving a satellite

  • Alaska National Guard medevacs injured plane crash victims

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated two injured occupants of an overturned Cessna 206 aircraft July 31 from King Salmon to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The aircraft turned over on Kukaklek Lake and triggered the onboard

  • Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue injured hunter

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hunter on Wood River near Fairbanks July 22.The hunter suffered multiple injuries in a fall and activated the SOS button on his satellite communication device, which sent a text message to

  • Alaska Air National Guard medevacs injured Army paratrooper

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated an injured U.S. Army Alaska paratrooper July 14.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center was contacted by U.S. Army Alaska Range Control to request a medevac July 14 after a U.S. Army

  • Alaska National Guard Airmen rescue injured mountain biker

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured mountain biker near Girdwood July 14.  The biker, riding an electric bike, was reported to the Alaska State Troopers as lost in the Upper Winner Creek Trail area.  Alaska Air National Guard

  • Alaska Air Guard rescues 7 people in separate incidents

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued seven people in two incidents, aiding plane crash victims and hikers.On July Fourth, a single-engine Citabria aircraft with a pilot and two passengers on board crashed on a river sandbar near

  • Musher thanks Arctic Guardians for Iditarod rescue

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – When veteran Iditarod sled dog musher Aliy Zirkle woke up March 8, she didn’t find herself in a comfy bed. Instead, she awoke to the site of her dog team tangled in a tree springing from the frozen subarctic tundra.Her right arm was tethered to the sled by a

  • Alaska Air Guardsmen build homes for Cherokee veterans

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Thirty-eight Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing helped build homes for Cherokee veterans in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, May 15-29 as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training program.The Cherokee Veterans Housing Initiative, a

  • Alaska Air National Guardsman excels in marksmanship

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Larson, a security forces member with the 268th Security Forces Squadron, Clear Air Force Station, was awarded first place in part of the annual marksmanship competition known as the Adjutant General Match, or TAG

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues two men after plane crash

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pilot and passenger May 31, two days after they were in an aircraft crash on Mount Hawkins in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.The National Park Service requested support from the Alaska