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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.
ACE is Focus of Southern Strike 2023 Exercise
April 26, 2023
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft is connected to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for aircraft-to-aircraft refueling operations, one of the many agile combat employment strategies being tested at Exercise Southern Strike at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, April 20, 2023. The large-scale, joint and international combat exercise features agile combat employment, counterinsurgency, close air support, non-combatant evacuations, and maritime special operations.
Alaska Air Guard Demonstrates ACE Readiness
April 17, 2023
Master Sgt. Kyle Coffman of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, loads equipment into the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III, preparing to leave for a flyaway readiness exercise with the 168th Wing at Volk Field, Wisconsin, April 1, 2023. The multiday exercise focused on the Air Force’s priority of Agile Combat Employment.
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.
Alaska Air Guard Flies Severely Injured Child to Hospital
March 2, 2023
An HC-130J Combat King II aircraft of the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, refuels an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter of the 210th Rescue Squadron during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, March 23, 2020.
Air National Guard Supports Türkiye Earthquake Relief
February 14, 2023
Urban search and rescue members from Fairfax County, Virginia, on a C-17 Globemaster III on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 7, 2023, en route to Türkiye to assist with earthquake relief. The U.S. Agency for International Development is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance following the worst earthquake to hit the region in almost a century.
168th Wing Hosts ANG Production Assessment Team
February 13, 2023
Brig. Gen. Donald K. Carpenter, director of National Guard Bureau Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, speaks to members of the 168th Wing during the Production Assessment Team visit Feb. 9, 2023, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The PAT’s goal at the 168th Wing was to find ways to become more efficient to increase aircraft availability.
176th Wing Airmen Stay Warm During Operation Deep Freeze
February 10, 2023
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Benjamen Hancox, a 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation craftsman, stands near an all-terrain vehicle made for polar operations Feb. 8, 2023.
Alaska Air Guard HC-130J Combat King II Expedites Medevac
January 24, 2023
Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Jeremy Stephens, aircraft commander, left, and Capt. Matthew Soukup, pilot, both with the 176th Wing’s 211th Rescue Squadron, land an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft at Naval Air Station Ocean, Va., after assisting with hurricane relief operations in North Carolina, Sept. 17, 2018.
Alaska Air National Guard Trains with Coast Guard
January 19, 2023
Guard Maritime Security Response Team West members prepare to fast-rope from a 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopter onto the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress at Kodiak, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2023, during a joint service training exercise. MSRT West members maintain a ready alert force to support Coast Guard operational commanders and Department of Defense combatant commanders.
Alaska Air Guard Medevacs Pregnant Woman
December 29, 2022
An Alaska Air National Guard HC-130J Combat King II operated by aircrew from the 211th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 18, 2021.
Alaska Air Guard Medical Airmen Practice ACE Capabilities
December 8, 2022
Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska’s Air National Guard 176th Medical Group, learn how to set up specialized tents as part of Agile Combat Employment training at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2022. The team of six medical career field professionals trained how to set up and configure the tents to ensure maximum results when at a spoke site.
Arctic Guardians Rescue 3 Boaters on Kuskokwim River
November 1, 2022
Members of the 210th and 211th Rescue Squadrons, Alaska National Guard, practice aerial refueling in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over Alaska Jan. 21, 2021. This practice helped prepare members of the unit to execute future rescue missions.
Arctic Guardians Rescue Plane Crash Victim at Totek Lake
October 27, 2022
Members of the 210th and 211th Rescue Squadrons, Alaska National Guard, practice aerial refueling in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over Alaska Jan. 21, 2021. This practice helped prepare members of the unit to execute future rescue missions.
Arizona Guard Unit Tests Readiness in ANG Flyaway Exercise
October 26, 2022
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 161st Air Refueling Wing returns to Marine Corps Base Hawaii after completing an aerial refueling mission during an exercise Oct. 14, 2022. This multiday flyaway readiness exercise was the first of its kind performed by an Air National Guard air refueling wing focused on the Department of the Air Force’s priority of Agile Combat Employment.
Alaska Air Guard Rescues Injured Hiker Near Eklutna Lake
September 2, 2022
Members of the Alaska Army National Guard's 207th Aviation Regiment conduct hoist training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Feb. 20, 2020.
Alaska Arctic Guardians Rescue Injured ATV Rider
August 23, 2022
An Alaska Air National Guard 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter transits Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Malamute Drop Zone Feb. 10, 2021, during parachute jump operations.
Alaska National Guard rescues five people in three missions
August 17, 2022
An airborne 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk conducts rescue operations March 5, 2022, at the Lake Iliamna crash site of a Cessna 206. The scope of the rescue effort was illustrated by an Alaska State Trooper R-44 helicopter.
Alaska Air Guard Rescues two Plane Crash Victims
August 9, 2022
HH-60G Pave Hawk
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.