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While the chaos at HKIA is over, the effort to evacuate Afghans is not. Here’s how the U.S. is still getting people out.

12 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing partnered with multiple civil search and rescue partners to rescue a hiker injured in a fall on May 26 near Kennicott, Alaska. National Park Service contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at 6:20 p.m. on May 26 to notify them of the incident and request a hoist-capable aircraft be on standby. Snow conditions and steep terrain on Donoho Mountain made it impossible for the National Park Service A-Star helicopter to reach the injured hiker, and at 8:05 p.m. the NPS requested A...

Injured snowmachiner rescued by Alaska Air National Guard airmen

By Andre Trinidad, 943rd Rescue Group / Published May 18, 2021 An HH-60 Pave Hawk takes off form a temporary Forward Operating Base as part of Exercise Northern Assessment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group successfully completed training scenarios that incorporated highly mobile, temporary facilities in remote, austere locations while still performing combat search and rescue operations from 30 April through 3 May. Exercise Northern Assessment was safely conducted using current CDC protocols and all service members were fully vaccinated. (U.S. Air Force phot...

By Lt. Col. Ian Phillips, 920th Rescue Wing / Published April 22, 2021 308th Rescue Squadron Pararescuemen watch an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter as it maneuvers above them during exercise Fury Horizon 21 at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, April 10, 2021. Fury Horizon 21 reshaped tactics, tested endurance, and developed and assessed new concepts for specific application against adversaries in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan) 308th and 306th Rescue Squadron Pararescuemen watch as an HC-130J Combat King II lands during exercise Fury H...