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Washington Army Guard, Partners Train on Air Rescues
May 31, 2024 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - As Washington National Guard helicopter crews can confirm, emergencies can happen anywhere, at any time in the state. Hikers slide down cliffs and a routine walk on a nature trail... MORE

Washington Army National Guard aviation crew members and Central Pierce County Fire and Rescue near Crystal Mountain Ski Resort in Washington, May 15, 2024. The Guard and first responders trained on air rescue operations.

Tennessee National Guard aircrew rescues bear attack victim
June 21, 2021 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew rescued a camper who was attacked and injured by a bear while sleeping in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area June... MORE

Tennessee National Guard Sgt. Tim Allen lowers Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Banta, a critical care flight paramedic, to a bear attack victim in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area June 18.

Alaska Army National Guard rescues injured man near Noorvik
May 19, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard helped rescue an injured man in Coffin Camp. At about 5 a.m. May 16, the Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment’s Army... MORE

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, in Nome after being flown by Alaska National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Paul Jones on a May 16, 2020, rescue mission in Coffin Camp, where a man had injured himself by stepping on nails.

For injured hikers, Army aircrews a welcome sight from above
October 3, 2019 — GYPSUM, Colo. – Early the morning of July 16, an Army UH-60 Black Hawk rescue crew was alerted to a severely injured hiker who had fallen 500 feet down one of Colorado's tallest peaks.The hiker, a... MORE

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew from the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site lowers a member of Mountain Rescue Aspen down to an injured hiker near the North Maroon Bells Peak near Aspen, Colorado, July 24, 2018. Colorado National Guard Soldiers at HAATS assist in about 20 rescue missions each year.

lowa Airmen Take Training to New Heights

West Virginia Guard Continues Flood Cleanup Efforts

Missouri Airmen Provide Airlift in Central American Exercise

Washington Guard Improves Park Through Innovative Readiness Training

State Partnership Program Enables Global, Shared ‘Peace through Strength’