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  • 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

  • Alaska Air National Guard helps rescue injured hiker

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing partnered with multiple civil search and rescue partners to rescue a hiker injured in a fall May 26 near Kennicott.The National Park Service alerted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center of the incident at 6:20

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescue injured snow machiner

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured snow machiner May 23.Alaska State Troopers contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AK RCC) around 8:15 p.m. on May 23 to request hoist capable assets to rescue an injured snow

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues stranded hikers

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s search and rescue aircrew and pararescue teams saved two stranded hikers on Rainbow Peak trail early May 1.One of the hikers was injured and unable to continue hiking as nightfall and colder temperatures set in.The

  • Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue pilot near Lime Village

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard members of the 176th Wing rescued the pilot of a crashed Cessna 170 April 7 near Lime Village about 185 miles west of Anchorage.Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center