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  • Alaska Air Guard civil engineer personnel receive new commander

    The members of the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron welcomed their new commander at an assumption of command ceremony here Sep. 24.Lt. Col. Kass Larson came to the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing from the National Guard Bureau, bringing with him years of high-dollar project management and

  • Volunteers come together to renovate wing member's home

    About 50 volunteers from the Alaska district of a national hardware chain came together Sept. 14 to renovate the home of Staff Sgt. Sequoya Joseph, a personnelist with the 176th Force Support Flight.The event was the result of a partnership between Home Depot's annual Celebration of Service Campaign

  • Preparing for the worst through practice: Exercise Arctic Chinook 2016

    More than 1,000 personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaskan Command, Alaska National Guard, state and local agencies, tribal organizations and Royal Canadian Air Force participated in Exercise Arctic Chinook, a joint USCG and U.S. Northern Command-sponsored exercise on the U.S. State Department

  • 176th Wing conducts capabilities exercise, celebrates family day

    The Alaska Air Guard's 176th Wing members gathered at Bryant Army Air Field here for a their annual family day Saturday, Aug. 6, enjoying hands-on activities, displays, a dunk tank and a capabilities exercise (CAPEX), among other things.This particular CAPEX was intended to show wing members and

  • Air Guardsmen conduct mass-casualty training on JBER

    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, participated in a mass-casualty exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on July

  • Col. Steven deMilliano takes command of the 176th Wing

    Col. Steven deMilliano took command of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard during a change-of-command ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12.During the ceremony, outgoing commander Col. Blake Gettys, relinquished control to deMilliano after serving as the 176th Wing's

  • Alaska Air Guardsmen test responses in surveillance over skies

    176th Air Defense Squadron members participated in exercise Fencing Rice on JBER, a local exercise designed to test the unit's Air Defense response, June 14, 2016.The 176th ADS employs surveillance, identification, weapons control and data links in support of the Alaskan NORAD region's 24/7/365

  • Wing members train, maintain combat readiness

    Members of the 176th WIng engaged in Expeditionary Skills Refresher training here June 4, 2016, which included self-aid and buddy care, CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield environment) training, rules of engagement and communication with the local media."Self-aid and

  • Personnel recovery exercise brings rescue teams together for RF-A 16-2

    The phrase, “So Others May Live to Return with Honor” expresses the overarching goal of those serving in the rescue community and it connects a myriad of career fields dedicated to fulfilling that mission.RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2 provided an opportunity to connect survival, evasion, resistance and