JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Approximately 20 Alaska Air National Guard members are providing assistance to Operation Allies Welcome at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.Operation Allies Welcome is a Department of Homeland Security-led effort supported by the Department of...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Airmen of the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted Task Qualification Training while in full chemical protective gear during a readiness exercise Oct. 24 here.The tasks that civil engineer Airmen accomplish are vital to maintaining the infrastructure...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Cyber experts from the Alaska National Guard participated Cyber Shield, the Department of Defense’s largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, from July 10-23.Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Scheunemann, 176th Communications Flight, said the...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Two Airmen and an Alaska Army National Guard Soldier stationed here helped rescue two victims of a plane crash near Goose Bay Airport west of Anchorage May 16.Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Zach Cherry, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, spotted the...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard is prepared to answer the call of the state and nation, no matter the time, no matter the place.This paradigm might elicit thoughts of gray planes in the sky and boots on the ground. What it might not elicit...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Arctic Guardians of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing will showcase one of its rescue aircraft during the Great Alaska Aviation Gathering at the Warren “Bud” Woods Palmer Municipal Airport May 7 and 8.A 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jetliner crashes with a dozen passengers.All survive the harrowing incident without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two distressed hikers Nov. 29 near Cooper Landing about 60 miles south of Anchorage.Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Joshua Lester, an Alaska Rescue Coordination Center controller (AKRCC) and a pilot in...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing participated in the Operation Noble Defender search-and-rescue/personnel recovery (SAR/PR) exercise Jan. 19 to 22, 2021, in Southcentral Alaska.Noble Defender is a North American Aerospace Defense Command Arctic...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A single COVID cell is no more than 140 nanometers in diameter — about 1/500th the width of a human hair — but it has come to dominate daily life the world over.Beyond its physical health impact, Diann Richardson, 176th Wing director of Psychological...