Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
Lt. Col. Eric Budd, commander of the 211th Rescue Squadron,
Lt. Col. Eric Budd, commander of the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, signs documents for the 176th Wing’s first HC-130J “Combat King II” aircraft at the Lockheed Martin facility in Greenville,... More
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Chief Master
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Chief Master Sgt. Paul "Bear" Barendregt, a pararescueman and chief enlisted manager for the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, retired in a ceremony a... More
Members of the Arctic Submarine Laboratory manage logistical
Members of the Arctic Submarine Laboratory manage logistical details of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016 in Deadhorse, Alaska, March 1. ICEX 2016 allows the Navy to assess our readiness to operate in the Arctic, increa... More
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations came together to bring holiday cheer to the village of Savoonga, Alaska, Oct. 16 during Operation Santa Claus. This year marks the 59th year of the prog... More
Brig. Gen. Karen Mansfield, assistant adjutant general
Brig. Gen. Karen Mansfield, assistant adjutant general and commander of the Alaska Air National Guard, gives a speech during a change-of-command ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12. Col... More
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard,
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, joined their leadership for a change of responsibility ceremony here, Feb. 20. Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta assumed the role of the Wing’s top enlisted ... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Brig. Gen. Karen Mansfield, assistant adjutant general
Brig. Gen. Karen Mansfield, assistant adjutant general and commander of the Alaska Air National Guard, gives a speech during a change-of-command ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12. Col... More
Command Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta, senior enlisted
Command Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta, senior enlisted leader of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, holds the unit guidon while Col. Blake Gettys and Col. Steven deMilliano sit during a change-of-com... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard,
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, joined their leadership for a change of responsibility ceremony here, Feb. 20. Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta assumed the role of the Wing’s top enlisted ... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More
A pararescueman from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska
A pararescueman from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National guard and search and rescue technicians from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force carry a simulated casualty from a Ca... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron and 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron unload a pallet of equipment and supplies from an HC-130 King aircraft at the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport ... More
Alaska Air Guardsmen conduct mission to rescue stranded hikers on glac...
Lt. Col. John Morse, deputy director of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, points to the approximate location of three distressed climbers on a map at the RCC on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 9. Th... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
A C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska
A C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, drops a load of palletized equipment fitted with a parachute system over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 27, during the... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron,
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, bid farewell to the last of their HC-130N aircraft (tail number 2106) Jan. 17 as it departed here for Patrick Air Force Base, ... More
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A pararescueman
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A pararescueman with the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, presents a shadow box to Chief Master Sgt. Paul "Bear" Barendregt, a pararescueman and chief... More
Approximately 44 members of the Alaska Air National
Approximately 44 members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing were greeted by friends and loved ones when they returned home from a six-month deployment to the Horn of Africa, April 7. The Guardsmen de... More
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard,
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, their families, and retirees gathered, Dec. 4, for a holiday luncheon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The luncheon included a banquet, a raffle ... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska
Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, triage simulated casualties inside their Arctic Sustainment Package tent during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Kotzebue, Alaska, August 23... More
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Attendees
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Attendees applaud for Chief Master Sgt. Paul "Bear" Barendregt, a pararescueman and chief enlisted manager for the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, a... More
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard,
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, joined their leadership for a change of responsibility ceremony here, Feb. 20. Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta assumed the role of the Wing’s top enlisted ... More
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron,
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, bid farewell to the last of their HC-130N aircraft (tail number 2106) Jan. 17 as it departed here for Patrick Air Force Base, ... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations came together to bring holiday cheer to the village of Savoonga, Alaska, Oct. 16 during Operation Santa Claus. This year marks the 59th year of the prog... More
A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 249th Airlift
A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 249th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard flies over a temporary ice camp on an ice flow in the Arctic Ocean, March 2, after dropping eight pallets of equipment ... More
A C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska
A C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, flies away from Denali, the highest point in North America, March 4, 2017. After 41 years of flying the C-130 aircraft, the 144th Air... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, jump from a C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, during an airborne operation... More
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, jump from a C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, during an airborne operation... More
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, jump from a C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, during an airborne operation... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Medical personnel treat a simulated casualty at a patient
Medical personnel treat a simulated casualty at a patient reception area at the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue, Alaska, Aug. 24, 2016, during exercise Arctic Chinook. Arctic Chinook is a joint U.S. Coa... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from 1-207th Aviation
A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from 1-207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, flies over the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue, Alaska, Aug. 24, 2016, during exercise Arctic Chinook. Arctic Chi... More
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons from the Alaska Air National Guard took part in a simulated casualty evacuation training exercise off the coast of Homer, Alaska, April 27. The scenario in... More
Master Sgt. Steven Medina, a dedicated crew chief with
Master Sgt. Steven Medina, a dedicated crew chief with the 176th Maintenance Squadron, inspects the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s first HC-130J “Combat King II” aircraft at the Lockheed Martin facilit... More
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard,
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, joined their leadership for a change of responsibility ceremony here, Feb. 20. Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta assumed the role of the Wing’s top enlisted ... More
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons from the Alaska Air National Guard took part in a simulated casualty evacuation training exercise off the coast of Homer, Alaska, April 27. The scenario in... More
Members of the 176th Wing's 249th Airlift Squadron
Members of the 176th Wing's 249th Airlift Squadron changed their unit affiliation to the 144th Airlift Squadron during a discreet patch-changing ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 4. The ... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska
Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, and Alaska Army National Guardsmen, move a simulated casualty to their Arctic Sustainment Package during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Ko... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
A pararescueman from the Alaska Air National Guard’s
A pararescueman from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron, looks out a window of a C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, before conducting a parachute jump into Deadhorse, Alaska, Feb... More
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard,
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, joined their leadership for a change of responsibility ceremony here, Feb. 20. Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta assumed the role of the Wing’s top enlisted ... More
Col. Steven deMilliano, commander of the 176th Wing,
Col. Steven deMilliano, commander of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, and Col. Christopher Niemi, commander of the 3rd Wing, U.S. Air Force, commemorated the change of assignment of eight C-17 Globe M... More
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, U.S. Air Force, spent the day with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue squadrons during an immersion flight, Nov. 24, i... More
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard,
Members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, joined their leadership for a change of responsibility ceremony here, Feb. 20. Chief Master Sgt. David Garganta assumed the role of the Wing’s top enlisted ... More
Col. Blake Gettys gives a speech during a change-of-command
Col. Blake Gettys gives a speech during a change-of-command ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12. Gettys, who served as the 176th Wing’s commander since 2014, relinquished control of the... More
Search and rescue technicians from 442 Transport and
Search and rescue technicians from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, set up tents in preparation of receiving simulated casualties for treatment during exercise Arctic Chinook, near K... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Rich Owens, owner and proprietor of Tastee Freeze in
Rich Owens, owner and proprietor of Tastee Freeze in Anchorage, and his merry band of helpers, serve up ice cream treats for children of Savoonga, Alaska, Oct. 16 during Operation Santa Claus. This year marks t... More
A family rides home on their four-wheeler after meeting
A family rides home on their four-wheeler after meeting Santa Claus at the community school in Savoonga, Alaska, Oct. 16, during Operation Santa Claus. This year marks the 59th year of the program, which serves... More
A search and rescue technician from 442 Transport and
A search and rescue technician from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, radios to a helicopter to extract simulated casualties during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Kotzebue, Alaska, Aug... More
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, jump from a C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, during an airborne operation... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Flight crew members from the 144th Airlift Squadron,
Flight crew members from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, watch for other aircraft involved in Exercise Spartan Pegasus while flying over Deadhorse, Alaska, Feb. 24. Spartan Pegasus is a m... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron and 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron unload a pallet of equipment and supplies from an HC-130 King aircraft at the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport ... More
Participants of exercise Arctic Chinook load equipment
Participants of exercise Arctic Chinook load equipment onto an HC-130 King aircraft from the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, at the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue, Alaska, Aug. 24, 20... More
Capt. John Callahan, public affairs officer, 176th
Capt. John Callahan, public affairs officer, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, was promoted to the rank of major at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 15. (U.S. Air National Guard p... More
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron,
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, bid farewell to the last of their HC-130N aircraft (tail number 2106) Jan. 17 as it departed here for Patrick Air Force Base, ... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Chief Master
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Chief Master Sgt. Paul "Bear" Barendregt, a pararescueman and chief enlisted manager for the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, applauds after presenti... More
Members of the Arctic Submarine Laboratory pose for
Members of the Arctic Submarine Laboratory pose for a photo in Deadhorse, Alaska, before heading to a temporary ice camp on an ice flow in the Arctic Ocean March 1, in support of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. ICEX ... More
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, U.S. Air Force, spent the day with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue squadrons during an immersion flight, Nov. 24, i... More
Col. Steven deMilliano (right) stands with Col. Blake
Col. Steven deMilliano (right) stands with Col. Blake Gettys (middle) and Brig. Gen. Karen Mansfield during a change-of-command ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12. Gettys, who served a... More
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron,
Current and former members of the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, bid farewell to the last of their HC-130N aircraft (tail number 2106) Jan. 17 as it departed here for Patrick Air Force Base, ... More
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons from the Alaska Air National Guard took part in a simulated casualty evacuation training exercise off the coast of Homer, Alaska, April 27. The scenario in... More
Capt. John Callahan, public affairs officer, 176th
Capt. John Callahan, public affairs officer, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, was promoted to the rank of major at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 15. (U.S. Air National Guard p... More
Members of the U.S. Navy and the Arctic Submarine Laboratory
Members of the U.S. Navy and the Arctic Submarine Laboratory load equipment and supplies onto contracted aircraft in Deadhorse, Alaska, March 1, in support of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. ICEX 2016 allows the Navy... More
A Guardian Angel team from the 212th Rescue Squadron,
A Guardian Angel team from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, prepare to transfer a simulated casualty to their Arctic Sustainment Package for treatment during exercise Arctic Chinook, near K... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations came together to bring holiday cheer to the village of Savoonga, Alaska, Oct. 16 during Operation Santa Claus. This year marks the 59th year of the prog... More
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations
Volunteers from approximately 30 groups and organizations came together to bring holiday cheer to the village of Savoonga, Alaska, Oct. 16 during Operation Santa Claus. This year marks the 59th year of the prog... More
Search and rescue technicians from 442 Transport and
Search and rescue technicians from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, set up tents in preparation of receiving simulated casualties for treatment during exercise Arctic Chinook, near K... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More
A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 249th Airlift
A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 249th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard dropped eight pallets of equipment and supplies to a temporary ice camp on an ice flow in the Arctic Ocean, March 2, in... More
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons from the Alaska Air National Guard took part in a simulated casualty evacuation training exercise off the coast of Homer, Alaska, April 27. The scenario in... More
Santa and Mrs. Claus meet with children of Savoonga,
Santa and Mrs. Claus meet with children of Savoonga, Alaska, Oct. 16, during Operation Santa Claus. This year marks the 59th year of the program, which serves to bring Christmas to underserved, remote villages ... More
Children swing on a swingset outside of the school
Children swing on a swingset outside of the school in Savoonga, Alaska, after meeting Santa Claus during Operation Santa Claus, Oct. 16. This year marks the 59th year of the program, which serves to bring Chris... More
An F-22 Raptor from the 3rd Wing, U.S. Air Force Reserves,
An F-22 Raptor from the 3rd Wing, U.S. Air Force Reserves, escorts the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s newly acquired HC-130J “Combat King II” aircraft on its return journey to Joint Base Elmendorf-Rich... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National
Col. Patty Wilbanks retired from the Alaska Air National Guard at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, September 24. Wilbanks entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant ... More
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, jump from a C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, during an airborne operation... More
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade
Paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, jump from a C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, during an airborne operation... More