Story by David Bedard, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft rescue three persons in two missions at remote locations across Alaska, April 4-5. The first mission began April 4 when Norton Sound Regional Hospital officials in Nome asked the Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G rescue 3 in 2 missions[…]
Story by David Bedard, 176th Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Two Alaska Air National Guard Airmen jumped (Pararescuemen) from a 176th Wing combat search and rescue (CSAR) aircraft into the village of Kotlik to expedite medical care for a critically ill patient and medevac her to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The medical evacuation Leer másAlaska Air National Guard medevac critically ill patient from Kotlik[…]
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 Eve Baker, Fort Wainwright, Alaska FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew conducted a rescue (medevac) from the community of Tok, Alaska. The rescue helicopter crew members, assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, performed the aeromedical evacuation of a civilian adult Leer másUS Army UH-60 helicopter crew conducts rescue from Tok, Alaska[…]
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[…]
U.S. Army story by Capt. Kyle Abraham, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade performed a rescue (medevac) of a hunter near Gold King Creek, Alaska, on Sep. 17, 2023. The mission started Leer másU.S. Army UH-60L crew rescue hunter near Gold King Creek, Alaska[…]
Story by Balinda O’Neal, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A UH-60M Black Hawk aircrew, Detachment 1, Gulf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion from Alaska Army National Guard rescue a person from the Main Bay Hatchery 20 miles southwest of Whittier, Jan. 17. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received a mission support Leer másAlaska National Guard rescue distressed person near Whittier[…]
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk and HC-130 Hercules aircrews rescue overdue boaters Friday from the Sinuk River, near Nome, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew picked up the boaters at approximately 6:30 p.m. and safely transported him to the Nome airport. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Leer másThe Coast Guard rescue overdue boaters Sinuk River, Alaska[…]
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[…]
