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  • Alaska National Guard Exercises Disaster Response During Vigilant Guard

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska– Alaska National Guard, state defense forces, and Coast Guard District 17, in partnership with Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management officials, tested their disaster response capabilities during Exercise Vigilant Guard 25-2, March

  • Alaska Air Guardsmen Conduct Hoist Rescue at Hatcher Pass

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard rescue Airmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured paraglider March 8 at Hatcher Pass.The Alaska State Troopers requested assistance through the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, which passed the request to the 176th Wing. The wing

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues 8 People in 4 Missions

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued eight people during four rescue missions in Alaska and Yukon Territory Jan. 26-31.A 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk and a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II, both with 212th Rescue Squadron

  • Alaska Guard, Mongolia Conduct Cybersecurity Exchange

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - The Alaska Air National Guard launched a new partnership with Mongolia through the State Partnership Program. The collaboration aims to develop cybersecurity training for the newly formed Mongolian Cybersecurity Command, with the Alaska team playing a pivotal role in

  • Alaska National Guard Wraps up Operation Santa Claus

    YAKUTAT, Alaska – Approximately 50 Alaska National Guard service members, volunteers from the Salvation Army, AKNG Child and Youth Program, and others visited the southeastern Alaskan city of Yakutat on Dec. 18.Operation Santa Claus is an annual community outreach program aimed at delivering holiday

  • Alaska Guard’s Operation Santa Claus Brings Holiday Cheer

    CIRCLE, Alaska - Alaska Army and Air National Guard members and Salvation Army volunteers boarded a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with Santa Claus Nov. 6 to deliver gifts to the remote village of Circle along the Yukon River.The event was one of three deliveries this year as the Alaska Guard and the

  • Alaska Guard Delivers Meat to Storm-Ravaged Community

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Two years after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok flooded communities across thousands of miles of western Alaska, the community of Toksook Bay made a big step toward replenishing what they lost from the storm — thousands of pounds of meat.On Nov. 15, the

  • Alaska National Guard Joins Flood Response in Kotzebue

    KOTZEBUE, Alaska – With winter freeze-up just around the corner, Kotzebue residents and responders from across Alaska are racing against time to clean up and recover from a powerful fall storm that flooded the town, displaced more than 80 residents and damaged dozens of homes.The Alaska Organized

  • Air Force Major Serves as Vietnam Bilateral Affairs Officer

    SALEM, Ore. – When the opportunity to become the bilateral affairs officer for Vietnam arose, Oregon National Guard Air Force Maj. Angie Hayes jumped at the chance to live abroad and serve her country as part of the State Partnership Program.“This is something I always wanted to do,” Hayes said.

  • From Ohio to Alaska, Airmen Unite for Space Intelligence

    FAIRBANKS, Alaska - From the heart of Ohio to the rugged Alaskan terrain, the Polar Surge exercise is uniting Airmen, Guardians and coalition forces in pursuit of unparalleled space intelligence support to operations. Polar Surge is an active and ongoing partnership between the 213th Space Warning