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A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II, assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, flies over Southcentral Alaska during the final training mission and flight of the AKANG’s HH-60G Pave Hawks, July 8, 2026. Since 1990, the 176th Wing’s Rescue Squadrons used the Pave Hawks for personnel recovery operations and to provide lifesaving support during combat and civil search and rescue missions around the world. The AKANG’s HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters have since been replaced with the HH-60W Jolly Green II model. (Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)

Alaska Air National Guard rescues injured hiker in Hatcher Pass

By | Aug. 19, 2026

At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker from steep terrain in the Hatcher Pass area, approximately 40 miles north of Joint Base...

Two U.S. Air Force rescue helicopters, a HH-60G Pave Hawk, left, and a HH-60W Jolly Green II, both assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, land in clearing during the final training mission and flight of the AKANG’s Pave Hawk helicopters over Southcentral Alaska, July 8, 2026. Since 1990, the 176th Wing’s Rescue Squadrons used the Pave Hawks for personnel recovery operations and to provide lifesaving support during combat and civil search and rescue missions around the world. The AKANG’s HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters have since been replaced with the HH-60W Jolly Green II model. (Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)

176th Wing flies last Pave Hawk mission, fully transitions to Jolly Green

By David Bedard | Aug. 12, 2026

176th Wing flies last Pave Hawk mission, fully transitions to Jolly Green...

A 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60W Jolly Green II carrying 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen returns to JBER after a Aug. 9, 2026, mission rescuing a pilot of a Cessna 185 that crashed near Trapper Joe Lake about 25 miles south of Anchorage. The rescue happened during the base’s Arctic Thunder Open House, and special coordination was made for the HH-60 to depart the open house’s Joint Force Demonstration. (Alaska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Moon)

Alaska National Guard rescues crash victim near Trapper Joe Lake

By David Bedard | Aug. 11, 2026

Alaska National Guard rescues crash victim near Trapper Joe Lake...

Alaska Army National Guard Col. David Kang assumes command of the 38th Troop Command from Col. Anthony Mortrud during a change-of-command ceremony at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 1, 2026. Col. Aaron Kelsey, the Alaska Army National Guard land component commander, presided over the ceremony. (Alaska Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jeffrey Morton)

Kang succeeds Mortrud as 38th Troop Command commander

By David Bedard | Aug. 11, 2026

Kang succeeds Mortrud as 38th Troop Command commander...

U.S. Army Col. Matthew Tucker, left, U.S. Special Operations Command North commander, and U.S. Army Maj. Titus Rund, concept developer and flight surgeon for the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Troop Command, right, test the Augmented Reality Tele-Mentor (ARTM) system using smart glasses during a demonstration at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., July 9, 2026. The ARTM capability leverages secure tactical networks to project real-time, life-saving medical guidance from remote surgical experts to forward-deployed operators in austere environments. (U.S. Army photo by Bridget Donovan)

SOCNORTH Pioneers Augmented Reality Tele-Mentoring (ARTM) Technology to Bring Surgical Expertise to the Battlefield

By Bridget Donovan | Aug. 5, 2026

U.S. Special Operations Command North, supported by NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, is pioneering a new technology designed to project life-saving surgical expertise to the most austere, isolated environments on the globe...

Combat rescue officers and pararescuemen of 212th Rescue Squadron stand in front of a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue aircraft during the 82nd D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France. The Alaska Air National Guard Airmen jumped with the Air Force and U.S. Army to commemorate the cross-channel invasion. (Courtesy photo)

176th Wing Airmen honor a shared heritage during the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day

By | July 8, 2026

For more than 80 years, C-47 Skytrain tail number 42-100857 has connected generations of Airmen.On June 6, 1944, the aircraft carried American paratroopers into Normandy during Operation Overlord, one of history's defining...