Story by Eve Baker, U.S. Army Fort Wainwright FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, performed a medevac mission of a person with an Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from a remote site along the Yukon River. The patient had fallen off the roof of a cabin far Leer másAn Army UH-60L helicopter medevac person in Yukon River[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard will conclude its annual operations in the Arctic Shield 2021 on Sunday with the seasonal closure of its Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue, Alaska. Air Station Kodiak aircrews and two MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters were forward deployed to Kotzebue to provide coverage and reduced response times to remote regions of Alaska during increased Leer másCoast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2021[…]
ALAMEDA — The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews conducted an Arctic search and rescue (SAR) exercise and professional exchange with members of the Canadian Rangers near Resolute Bay, in Nunavut, Canada, Sept. 6, 2021, during the Cutter Healy’s (WAGB 20) Northwest Passage transit. The search and rescue exercise enhanced interoperability and effectiveness of response Leer másCanadian and U.S. Coast Guard conduct Arctic SAR exercise[…]
