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  • Alaska Air Guard medevacs two patients in harsh weather

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing evacuated two patients this week in separate incidents during extreme weather conditions throughout much of Alaska.The first week of the year, National Weather Service regional weather advisories ranged from

  • Alaska Airmen rescue pregnant woman in distress

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pregnant woman in distress Dec. 27 at Kipnuk about 100 miles southwest of Bethel.Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center superintendent, said

  • Alaska Airman embraces Operation Allies Welcome mission

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Airman 1st Class Jessicah Sharp, an Alaska Air National Guard aerospace medical technician with the 168th Medical Group at Eielson Air Force Base, volunteered to support Operation Allies Welcome this fall. The opportunity to serve at Joint Base

  • Arctic Guardian HH-60 pilot draws on service as Recon Marine

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - As the sun was setting across the Anbar Desert in December 2006, a Humvee gun truck driver spotted a slight glint strung across the road from a vehicle on the side of the road.The glint turned out to be a tripwire for a vehicle-borne improvised explosive

  • Arctic Guardian civil engineers train in protective gear

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Airmen of the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted task qualification training in full chemical protective gear during a readiness exercise Oct. 24.The tasks that civil engineer Airmen accomplish are vital to maintaining the infrastructure and readiness

  • Alaska Air National Guard flies ill patient to hospital

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing evacuated a patient experiencing a medical emergency in Stony River, a village more than 200 miles north of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River, Oct. 26.A medical provider at a Bethel area hospital requested

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues resident near Friday Creek

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an Alaska resident experiencing medical distress Oct. 16 at his cabin near Friday Creek. The Alaska State Trooper Search and Rescue coordinator requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination

  • Alaska Air National Guard Airmen help rescue 2 boaters

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing partnered with good Samaritans to rescue two distressed boaters early Oct. 10 at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River near Eek.Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination

  • Innovation nothing new to Fabrication Flight Arctic Guardian

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Before he ever put on a uniform, Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shawn McDermott, an aircraft metals technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight, had more than 20 years of experience in machining and fabrication.Raised in Los