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    Alaska Air National Guard provides medevac for Bethel area hospital

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

    10.26.2021

    Story by Maj. Chelsea Aspelund 

    176th Wing Public Affairs

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing provided medevac Oct. 26 for a patient experiencing a medical emergency in Stony River – a village more than 200 miles north of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River.

    A medical provider at a Bethel area hospital requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after civilian air ambulance partners were unable to land at Stony River Airport.

    “No health aid was available in the village so the patient’s neighbor contacted a Bethel area hospital to request emergency medical services,” said Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, AKRCC superintendent.

    The AKRCC coordinated with the 176th Wing to dispatch a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter with a 212th Rescue Squadron Guardian Angel team of pararescuemen on board.

    Due to the distance from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Stony River Airport, a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II aircraft was also dispatched to provide en route aerial refueling for the Pave Hawk.

    “Stony River Airport is one of many in the state without runway lighting so this limits a number of our partner search and rescue platforms from landing there,” Budd said. “Fortunately, the Pave Hawk is able to hover and hoist a Guardian Angel team or to land without lights, depending on the situation.”

    The 176th Wing rescue triad safely landed at Stony River Airport, provided on-site medical care and medevaced the patient to an Anchorage area hospital for higher medical care.

    For this rescue, the AKRCC, 210th RQS, 211th RQS and 212th RQS were awarded one save.

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    Date Taken: 10.26.2021
    Date Posted: 10.26.2021 20:30
    Story ID: 408072
    Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, US

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