Story by Staff Sgt. Daniel Bellerive | 176th Wing | 10.20.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing rescued two individuals involved in a plane crash near Ruth Glacier, on Oct. 19. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a request from the National Park Service to rescue two uninjured individuals involved in a plane crash near Ruth Glacier within the Denali National......
Story by Staff Sgt. Seth LaCount | Alaska National Guard | 08.28.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing rescued three rafters Aug. 28, after their raft flipped over on the Kichatna River....
Story by Staff Sgt. Seth LaCount | Alaska National Guard | 07.28.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a climber who was trapped and unable to climb down a steep cliff July 27 in the vicinity of Seward....
Story by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Sifuentes | 18th Wing | 04.16.2024
Since 1982, the HH-60G Pave Hawk has created a valiant legacy of combat search and rescue, disaster relief, casualty evacuation and medivac for the U.S. Air Force. From the hot and dry deserts of the middle east, to the stormy seas of the pacific, rescue operators have felt assurance in this bird saving people on their worst days....
Story by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon | 355th Wing | 10.17.2022
The HH-60G Pave Hawk, recognized by its iconic mustache, has been the premier rescue aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for almost two decades. In 2003, the 55th Rescue Squadron was assigned to DM, which brought the Pave Hawks with them. These aircraft have been used across the globe during deployments, as well as humanitarian rescues in areas of the United States devastated by......
Story by Airman 1st Class Anna Nolte | 18th Wing | 07.01.2021
After 28 dutiful years, the HH-60G Pave Hawk with the tail number 26401 landed on the flight line at Kadena Air Base, Japan, one last time after completing its final flight on June 22, 2021....
Story by Spc. Grace Nechanicky | Alaska National Guard | 06.16.2021
Members of the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons continues to assist the search today for a missing hiker in distress on Pioneer Peak, a mountain just south of Palmer that rises more than six thousand feet from its base near Knik River....
Story by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds | 124th Fighter Wing | 03.29.2021
Members from 11 rescue squadrons flock to Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho in their HH-60 Pave Hawk’s to participate in Spud Smoke 21, an exercise that focuses on the weapons employment fundamentals and dynamic threat environments, March 8-28, 2021....
