KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK, AK — On the morning of April 18, Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center received a report of six adult skiers stranded in a snow cave on the Harding Icefield within Kenai Fjords National Park. The group was undertaking a multiday traverse of the Harding Ice Field from Exit Glacier to Bradley Lake Leer másAlaska National Guard HH-60G rescue 6 skiers in Kenai Fjords[…]
Story by David Bedard, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk crew from the 176th Wing rescue an injured snowmachine rider about 20 miles northeast of Valdez. January 15, 2024. The snowmachiner activated an SOS signal on his two-way satellite communication device, prompting the Alaska State Troopers Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G crew rescue snowmachine rider[…]
Story by Maj. Chelsea Aspelund, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard crews, from the 176th Wing, provided medevac Oct. 26 for a patient experiencing a medical emergency in Stony River, a village more than 200 nautical miles north of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River. A medical provider at a Bethel Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G medevac person Kuskokwim River[…]
By David Bedard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued the pilot of a PA-18 aircraft and a passenger Sept. 1 after the plane crashed in the vicinity of the Beluga bench about 28 miles northwest of Tyonek. According to Alaska Air National Guard Leer másAlaska Air Guard rescues pilot, passenger near Tyonek[…]
