Witness Says Alaska Military Plane that Crashed Had Smoke Coming from Engine After Takeoff, NTSB Finds The National Transportation Safety Board says a witness saw smoke coming from one of the engines of an old military plane...
National Guard Delays Alaska Staffing Changes that Threatened National Security, Civilian Rescues The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would...
Air National Guard Changes in Alaska Could Affect National Security, Civilian Rescues, Staffers Say The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often...
Alaska Is Still Waiting to Get its First State-Run Veterans Cemetery. A Backlog Stands in its Way. Veterans make up nearly 10% of Alaska's population, according to the U.S. Census, and yet it has been repeatedly passed over...
FBI Looking into 'Debris' Found Off Alaska's Coast The FBI said it will help with "debris" recovery after a CNN news report that a "possible spy balloon" may have been...
New Arctic Pay for Troops Was Passed by Congress a Year Ago. But the Pentagon Waved It Off. More than a year after it was passed in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has not enacted a new...
Death of Last Surviving Alaskan Taken by Japan During WWII Rekindles Memories of Forgotten Battle Attu was one of just a few U.S. territories, along with Guam, the Philippines and the nearby island of Kiska, taken by enemy...
Alaska National Guard Performs Medical Mission While Shuttling Santa to Give Gifts to Rural Village Santa Claus’ sleigh took on new responsibilities in rural Alaska this week when delivering gifts to an Alaska Native village.
Army Identifies Soldiers Killed When Their Transport Vehicle Flipped on Way to Alaska Training Site The U.S. Army has identified two soldiers who were killed Monday when their transport vehicle flipped while driving on a dirt...
Tactical Vehicle Rollover Kills 2 Soldiers, Injures 12 During Training in Alaska Two soldiers with the 11th Airborne Division were killed and 12 were injured in a military vehicle accident Monday in Alaska...
Soldier Shot During Special Forces Training Event After Live Ammo Mixed in with Blanks A 7th Infantry Division soldier at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state was accidentally shot April 25 by a 1st...
Marine Corps Offering Thousands of Dollars in Bonuses in Push for More Intelligence Specialists The Marine Corps needs more counterintelligence and human intelligence specialists, also known as CI/HUMINT, and is offering...
30 Sailors and Marines Injured in Training Incident Off Coast of Florida Five sailors were medically evacuated for additional care to a hospital in Georgia, though four of them were released after...
Dick Rutan, Who Set an Aviation Milestone When He Flew Nonstop Around the World, Is Dead at 85 He joined the U.S. Air Force as a teenager and flew more than 300 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
'Existential Threat': Air Guardsmen Slam Proposal to Move Their Units to Space Force Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space...