BETHEL, Alaska — Alaska Organized Milita (AKOM) members delivered six pallets of food to a school in Nunapitchuk, a village about 25 miles northwest of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River, via an AKARNG (Alaska Army National Guard) CH-47F Chinook helicopter. October 28, 2025. The remote Yup’ik community was cut off from supply routes after remnants Leer másAKARNG CH-47F delivers food to isolated Nunapitchuk school, Alaska[…]
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) Soldiers assigned to G Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, conducted two separate rescue missions of hunters with leg injuries at the start of the Alaska sheep hunting season. Both rescues launched from JBER using an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter Leer másAn AKARNG HH-60M crew rescue two hunters in Alaska on Sunday[…]
Story by Dana Rosso, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) aviators assigned to Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, hosted mission partners for a multi-agency SAR hoist symposium at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 20-22, 2025. The event brought together search and rescue (SAR) professionals from Leer másAlaska Army National Guard hosted SAR hoist symposium[…]
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air and Army National Guard, U.S. Army, and Civil Air Patrol units conducted the rescue of 10 people between May 24 and 28, 2025. These missions were conducted primarily in support of the Alaska State Troopers and local hospitals from May 24-28, Leer másAlaska Air and Army Guard rescue 10 people between May 24-28[…]
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) HH-60M Black Hawk aircrew with G Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion conducted the rescue of an injured skier in the Tordrillo Mountains at the base of Mount Torbert located 10 miles north of Mount Spurr volcano. March 27, Leer másAlaska Army Guard HH-60M rescue injured skier near Mount Spurr volcano[…]
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska. — Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter aircrew with G Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion conducted the rescue of three people from a PA-12 Super Cruiser plane crash that was partially submerged in glacial ice on a lake located approximately Leer másAKARNG HH-60M aircrew rescue 3 people from plane crash on glacial lake near Soldotna[…]
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska. – SOFAM 25 is a Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) training and validation event for unit medics that regularly conduct exercises and operations in the North American Arctic. During the culminating training event of exercise Special Operation Forces Arctic Medic 2025, Alaska Army National Leer másArmy and AKARNG aviators support SOCNORTH arctic medical training exercise[…]
Story by Pfc. Makenna Tilton, 11th Airborne Division FORT GREELY, AK (Jan. 18, 2025) — In the frigid early morning on the Alaskan frontier, the Army 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and the 1-52nd General Support Aviation Battalion, Arctic Aviation Command, both of the 11th Airborne Division, conducted a medevac (medical Leer másArmy Arctic Angels UH-60 rehearse MEDEVAC operations in Alaska[…]
Story by Balinda O’Neal, Alaska Army National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard aviators with G Co., 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, helped rescue a hiker in critical condition in the vicinity of Hatcher Pass, Aug. 6, 2024. The HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter aircrew, led by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Cody Leer másAlaska Guard HH-60M helicopter crew rescue hiker in Hatcher Pass[…]
Story by Balinda O’Neal, Alaska National Guard An Alaska National Guard Operation Santa Claus UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter took an unexpected turn this year as its mission to bring holiday joy to the village of Tuluksak became a medevac for a resident of the nearby village of Napaskiak. The past November 15, the Alaska Army Leer másAn Alaska National Guard UH-60 crew conducts unexpected medevac[…]