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  • Hybrid SATCOM Successfully Tested at Sentry Aloha Exercise

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Air National Guard/Air Reserve Command Test Center conducted a force development evaluation on the HC-130J Ku/Ka communications suite during the Sentry Aloha exercise in June.The suite adds a multiband, resilient beyond line-of-sight SATCOM capability to

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues two sheep hunters near Tonsina

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued two sheep hunters Aug. 11 near Tonsina about 165 miles east of Anchorage.The two uninjured hunters were clinging to a cliff and couldn’t self-extricate.The party used a two-way satellite communication device

  • 211th Rescue Squadron deploys to Southwest Asia

    A few dozen 211th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guardsmen deployed at the end of September into the first week of October to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Central Command.

  • 176th Wing Airmen participate in NOBLE DEFENDER rescue exercise

    Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing participated in the Operation Noble Defender search-and-rescue/personnel recovery (SAR/PR) exercise Jan. 19 to 22, 2021, in Southcentral Alaska. Noble Defender is a North American Aerospace Defense Command Arctic air-defense operation.