Alaska National Guard service members activated June 20 in support of local, state and federal efforts to contain fires ...

The 207th Aviation Battalion launched a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from the armory in Bethel, Alaska and flew 25 miles ...

Santa and Mrs. Claus talk to a child in Yakutat, Alaska, in the Alaska National Guard's Operation Santa program, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. Credit: AP/Mark Thiessen By The Associated Press December ...

The Alaska Air National Guard conducted 159 such missions last year in largely roadless Alaska, many during vicious storms. In one instance, a military helicopter flew nearly 660 miles (1,062 ...

Participants in the Operation Santa program board an Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to deliver Santa and Mrs. Claus to Yakutat, Alaska ...

KC-135 Stratotankers from the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing line up in -10° weather for a "polar bear" formation at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 2, 2023.

Santa and Mrs. Claus talk to a child in Yakutat, Alaska, in the Alaska National Guard's Operation Santa program, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) YAKUTAT, Alaska (AP) — Forget ...