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Tennessee National Guard Rescues Injured Hiker
July 31, 2023 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew evacuated an injured hiker from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Shortly before 7 p.m. July 27, the Tennessee National Guard...

Alaska Guard Rescues 10 People Across Alaska
July 10, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Rescue crews from the Alaska Air and Army National Guard navigated across 1,850 miles, saving 10 people in four civil search and rescue missions and one...

Tennessee National Guard Rescues Injured Hiker
June 29, 2023 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew performed an emergency air evacuation for a hiker in medical distress at Cumberland Gap National Historic Park June 28. Shortly...

Alaska Army Guard Medevacs Injured Backcountry Skier
April 21, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska Army National Guard conducted a mid-mountain hoist rescue of an injured backcountry skier near Girdwood April 19.After receiving the mission...

Tennessee National Guard Rescues Hiker on Appalachian Trail
April 6, 2023 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew evacuated a hiker in medical distress along the Appalachian Trail April 5.Shortly after midnight, the Tennessee Military...

Alaska Air Guard Medevacs Patient from Little Diomede
April 6, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons evacuated a critically ill patient at Little Diomede just two miles east of the...

Alaska Air Guard Flies Severely Injured Child to Hospital
March 2, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen overcame severe weather conditions to fly a pediatric trauma patient to a hospital Feb. 22-23.Midafternoon Feb. 22, the Alaska...

Alaska Air Guard HC-130J Combat King II Expedites Medevac
January 24, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard HC-130J Combat King II aircrew provided refueling and weather navigation to expedite the medevac of a critical patient by HH-60G...

North Carolina Airlift Squadron Helps Save Baby's Life
January 9, 2023 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. – “Brace for landing” echoed through the cabin of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft descending into Germany Dec. 25 as members of the 156th Airlift Squadron and Brooke Army Medical...

Arizona Guard Team in Kosovo Conducts Evacuation Mission
October 27, 2022 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – Arizona National Guard Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, had a three-year journey leading up to their arrival in Kosovo. Just eight...

New York Army Guard Medics, Medevac Aircrews Train Together
October 26, 2022 — QUEENSBURY, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard medics based in the Adirondack foothills took to the skies Oct. 22 for a combined training event with Soldiers from a medical evacuation helicopter...

Tennessee National Guard Aircrew Rescues Injured Hiker
October 19, 2022 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew responded to an emergency air evacuation mission for a hiker with a suspected broken leg in the Great Smoky Mountains National...

Tennessee National Guard Aircrew Rescues Hiker
July 21, 2022 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew evacuated a hiker suffering a life-threatening illness in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area.At about noon July 19, the...

Louisiana Guard Participates in Emergency Medicine Exercise
June 16, 2022 — FORT HOOD, Texas – Louisiana National Guard Soldiers with the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion and Detachment 1, D Company, 2-151st Aviation Regiment, provided aerial medevac support for a joint...

Idaho Army Guard conducts joint medevac, casualty training
May 26, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Medics from the Idaho Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, conducted air medical evacuation and casualty treatment...

West Virginia Guard unit receives 1st new medevac Black Hawk
April 13, 2022 — WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, Aeromedical Evacuation Company, received its first of six new HH-60M “Mike” model Black...

Tennessee Guard rescues ill hiker on Appalachian Trail
March 17, 2022 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A medical flight crew from the Tennessee National Guard conducted an emergency air evacuation of a hiker who suffered a severe illness on the Appalachian Trail March 15.Shortly...

California Air Guard medevacs stroke victim from cruise ship
February 23, 2022 — MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. – A cruise ship passenger who fell ill hundreds of miles at sea is back on land after a rescue mission by the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue...

124th Medical Group trains with Idaho Army Guard aviators
February 7, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Members from the 124th Medical Group trained with Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers on medical evacuations during their unit training assembly Feb. 4-5.The Airmen who participated in...

Alaska Army National Guard rescues stranded hunter
September 17, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Medevac aircrew from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, rescued a hunter stranded on a 3-by-3 ledge near Cottonwood...

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