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  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- More than 100 Alaska Air Guard members from the 144th Airlift Squadron, 176th Maintenance Group and support units returned here July 5 and 6, 2016, from a four-month deployment in Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Their focus was to support the C-130H Hercules tactical-airlift mission. Due to a proposal at the national level to divest the 176th Wing of its C-130H aircraft, this may be the last deployment for the 144th Airlift Squadron in its current form. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla/Released)

    More than 100 Alaska Air Guard operators, maintainers return from possible last C-130 deployment

    More than 100 of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing members returned from a four-month deployment in Kuwait last week in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.Their focus was to support the C-130H "Hercules" tactical-airlift mission, contributing to the operation aimed at militarily defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
  • Staff Sgt. Micah McDonald, a air surveillance technician with the 176th Air Defense Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, evaluates radar data during exercise Fencing Rice on JBER, June 14, 2016. Fencing Rice is a local exercise designed to test the unit’s Air Defense response. The 176 ADS employs surveillance, identification, weapons control and data links in support of the Alaskan NORAD region’s 24/7/365 mission to watch and protect the skies over 1.3 million square miles of Alaskan airspace. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/released)

    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 mission to watch and protect the skies over 1.3
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Members of the 176th WIng engage in Expeditionary Skills Refresher training here June 4, 2016. “CBRNE increases the ability to survive in a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield environment” said Senior Master Sgt. John Kershaw, the 176th Wing’s CBRNE expert. Engaging participants in active training “captures their attention, and you get more out of it.” (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Kelly Willett)

    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 buddy care is to save life, limb and eyesight," said
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Keli Kaaekuahiwi, an A-10 pilot assigned to the 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., applies face paint while evading capture during a personnel recovery exercise at a training site in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, June 14, 2016, during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-2. RF-A gives U.S. and partner nation forces an opportunity to sharpen combat skills like search and rescue in a realistic threat environment inside the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, which at more than 67,000 square miles, is the largest instrumented air, ground and electronic combat training range in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Karen J. Tomasik/Released)

    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 escape specialists, rescue squadron personnel, combat search and rescue assets, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot during an isolated personnel scenario June 14.
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Members of the 176th Wing gathered at the Talkeetna Theater here June 5 for their annual award ceremony, honoring the award recipients and the accomplishments of the wing during 2015.

    176th Wing celebrates annual award winners

    Members of the 176th Wing gathered at the Talkeetna Theater here June 5 for their annual award ceremony, honoring the award recipients and the accomplishments of the wing during the previous calendar year, 2015.The award recipients were as follows:Outstanding Unit Member of the YearTechnical Sergeant Eric Brinkman, 176th Maintenance Group.Staff
  • Col. Marvin T. Ee accepts the 176th Mission Support Group command flag from 176th Wing commander Col. Blake Gettys at a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla.

    Ee accepts command of 176th MSG

    Col. Marvin T. Ee took command of the 176th Wing's 176th Mission Support Group in a ceremony here May 15, 2016. He joins the 176th Wing from the Eielson-based 168th Wing, where since 2013 he had served as commander of the 168th Maintance Group."I'm thrilled, excited and motivated and pumped up," said Ee. "I look forward to serving all of
  • A K-loader prepares to load equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo ramp at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2016, in support of Ice Exercise 2016 in the Arctic Ocean. ICEX 2016 is a five-week exercise designed to research, test and evaluate operational capabilities in the Arctic by the U.S. Navy Submarine Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

    Alaska ANG supports ICEX mission

    A crew of six from the 249th Airlift Squadron flew to the Arctic Circle, two hundred nautical miles north of Deadhorse, Alaska, in support of Ice Exercise led by the U.S. Navy Submarine Forces, March 2, 2016.One of the difficulties the Airmen overcame was the location of the camp. Since the camp is on an ice floe, moving about half a nautical mile
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Brig. Gen. Laurie Hummel (left), adjutant general of the state of Alaska, administers the Uniformed Services Oath of Office to newly-minted Brig. Gen. Karen Mansfield, commander of the Alaska Air National Guard, in a ceremony at the Arctic Warrior Events Center here March 6, 2016. Mansfield became the third female general officer in the history of the Alaska Air National Guard. National Guard photo by Capt. John Callahan.

    Commander of Alaska Air National Guard receives general's star

    Karen Mansfield, who as assistant adjutant general for air serves as commander of the Alaska Air National Guard, was promoted from colonel to brigadier general at a ceremony at the Arctic Warrior Events Center here March 6, 2016. She became the third female member of the Alaska Air National Guard to receive a general's star."I'm honored," Mansfield
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Roy Strawderman, a Veterans Affairs contractor, briefs recently deployed 176th Wing members coming off active-duty orders. The briefing was one of a five-day series in the Transition Assistance Program ensuring members were educated to take advantage of their benefits. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla.)

    Transition assistance here for guardsmen throughout career

    Guardsmen traditionally make many transitions throughout their career, and the federal government has recognized their need for guidance and education.Strictly speaking, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) is a federally-mandated series of briefings for any military member who has served at least 180 consecutive days of "Title 10" active duty.
  • HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Senior Airman Jason Hughes, a pararescueman with the 212th Rescue Squadron, jumps from a C-17 Globemaster III here Feb. 23, 2016. Almost 50 Air Guardsman of the 249th Airlift Squadron, 212th Rescue Squadron and 176th Wing support units participated in a search and rescue exercise in the Pacific Air Forces' warmer waters of Honolulu. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Blue)

    Alaska Air Guard C-17 crews and Guardian Angels train in Hawaii

    Nearly 50 members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing participated in a search and rescue (SAR) exercise in Hawaii from Feb. 16 to 26, strengthening the C-17 Globemaster III's standing in the SAR community, and enhancing coordination between the Wing's Guardian Angels and C-17 operators and maintainers.Members of the 249th Airlift
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