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  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Injured Hiker From Hatcher Pass

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker from steep terrain in the Hatcher Pass area, approximately 40 miles north of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 18.When the Alaska Rescue

  • Alaska Air Guard Conducts Three Rescue Missions in 24 Hours

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members from the 176th Wing rescued five individuals involved in three incidents Sept. 15 that spanned more than 550 miles across Alaska.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened a mission in the morning of Sept. 15 in response

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Climber Trapped on Cliff

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued a climber who was trapped and unable to climb down a steep cliff July 27 near Seward.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a request for assistance from the

  • Alaska Air National Guard officer shares story with Service High JROTC

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- A 176th Wing personnel officer visited Robert Service High School Navy Junior ROTC cadets April 15 at the school’s Anchorage campus to share her story of military service.Alaska Air National Guard 1st Lt. Laurel Foster, 176th Force Support Squadron Force

  • 176th Wing hosts tour for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- The 176th Wing hosted Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska leadership during a March 13 wing tour at the wing’s JBER campus.Alaska Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Anthony Stratton, 176th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Arnzen, 176th Maintenance Group

  • Alaska Air National Guardsman volunteers as JROTC drill judge

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- Surrounding the pageantry of high school Junior ROTC drill movements was a small swarm of service members carrying clipboards, furiously scribbling their judge’s observations or any deficiency gigs in performance of the floor routine.At the beginning of each

  • 176th Wing Innovation works to field Rapid Yeti Logistics Operations Device

     JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman has been working through the 176th Wing Innovation team with the JBER Arctic Spark Innovation Lab to devise a method to rapidly offload equipment from cargo aircraft in an austere operating environment.Senior