Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) HH-60W Jolly Green II aircrews with pararescuemen assigned to the 176th Wing and Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) UH-60L…
Story by Maj. David Bedard, Alaska National Guard Alaska National Guard HH-60W Jolly Green II and HH-60M Black Hawk aircrews conducted the rescue of four persons in four missions during the July 4 (2026) holiday…
JUNEAU, Alaska. — The Coast Guard is actively investigating the MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crash on Harbor Mountain, Sitka, that occurred June 22, 2026. The four crew members (rescue aircrew) involved in the crash were treated for minor…
Story by Dana Rosso, Alaska National Guard TALKEETNA, Alaska – An Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) CH-47F Chinook helicopter lifted off from Talkeetna heading to Denali Base Camp with a load calculated down to the…
Story by Dana Rosso, Alaska National Guard An Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to Bethel conducted a successful search and rescue (SAR) mission to locate and extract an overdue…
Story by Staff Sgt. Kylee Marshall, 11th Airborne Division YUKON TRAINING AREA, Alaska- Ahead of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 26-02, U.S. Army medical personnel, assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne…
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard BETHEL, Alaska. – Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command conducted the medevac of a patient in New Stuyahok,…
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard BETHEL, Alaska — An Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to A Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion conducted the medevac of a…
Story by Dana Rosso, Alaska National Guard Members of AKOM (Alaska Organized Militia) continue to assist communities across Western Alaska following the devastating storms that struck the region in early October. Since activation, more…
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…