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Alaska Guardsman Helps Keep Pave Hawks Flying
April 27, 2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Natalie Glass, assistant dedicated crew chief with the 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, at Exercise Southern Strike 2023, Gulfport, Mississippi, April 20, 2023.
Arctic Guardian Overcomes Obstacles to join Alaska Air Guard
March 17, 2023
Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Heather Pope is a ground transportation specialist with 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 176th Mission Support Group, 176th Wing. Pope worked to lose 133 pounds to enlist a day before her 40th birthday, the cutoff age to join the military.
Arctic Guardian is National Guard's top Military Firefighter
July 14, 2022
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Brenden Turney, a firefighter with 176th Civil Engineer Squadron, is the National Guard Bureau’s military firefighter of the year for 2021. Turney often works active tours with the 176th Wing and is seeking full-time employment with a fire department.
Canadian RAF captain watches over sky with Alaska Air Guard
January 5, 2022
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Elyse O’Brien is a 176th Air Defense Squadron air battle manager. O’Brien and other 176th ADS RCAF Airmen are an integral part of the squadron’s mission of defending North American airspace.
Alaska Airman embraces Operation Allies Welcome mission
December 13, 2021
Airman 1st Class Jessicah Sharp, an aerospace medical technician with the 168th Medical Group in the Alaska Air National Guard, poses for a photo during her first drill back in Alaska from Operation Allies Welcome at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, which she participated in from Sept. 10 to Oct. 31.
Arctic Guardian HH-60 pilot draws on service as Recon Marine
November 4, 2021
U.S. Air Force Captain Seth Peterson, a helicopter pilot assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, Alaska, stands in front of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in a hanger at JBER Nov. 3, 2021. Capt. Peterson commissioned as an U.S. Air Force officer after serving as a U.S. Marine with the 4th Battalion.
Innovation nothing new to Fabrication Flight Arctic Guardian
October 7, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shawn McDermott, an aircraft metals technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight, operates a consumer-grade 3D printer Sept. 28, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Arctic Spark Innovation Lab. In the course of his regular duties, McDermott operates industrial-grade 3D printers to fabricate parts for 176th Wing’s aircraft.
Musher thanks Arctic Guardians for Iditarod rescue
July 1, 2021
Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 210th Rescue Squadron, Tech. Sgt. Anthony Guedea (left) and Lt. Col. Michael Jordan meet with Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle June 28, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Guedea and Jordan were part of the team that rescued Zirkle March 9 at the Iditarod Rohn checkpoint after she suffered a head injury.
Alaska Air National Guardsman excels in marksmanship
June 8, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Larson, a security forces member with the 268th Security Forces Squadron, poses for a photo after the annual Adjutant General Match, May 16, 2021. Larson took first place in the open rifle marksmanship competition, was added to the state team to compete in the regional competition, and was awarded the Governor's Twenty tab, which is generally awarded to the top 20 marksmen in the state.
Pave Hawk pilot at home in Alaska with 176th Wing
March 3, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Timothy Lezama is an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot with 210th Rescue Squadron. Lezama is a native of Parkland, Fla., and his parents emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago.