{"id":29275,"date":"2020-08-05T01:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T01:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/05\/air-force-officer-hit-and-killed-while-cycling-in-alaska\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:52:46","slug":"air-force-officer-hit-and-killed-while-cycling-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/05\/air-force-officer-hit-and-killed-while-cycling-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force officer hit and killed while cycling in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANCHORAGE, Alaska \u2014 An Air Force officer based in Alaska was hit and killed by a vehicle while cycling last Saturday, according to Eielson Air Force Base officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Michael \u201cCal\u201d Gentry, 37, and two other airmen were on a cycling trip when Gentry was hit at around 6 a.m. on the Steese Highway northeast of Fairbanks, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/alaska-news\/fairbanks\/2020\/08\/03\/air-force-officer-cycling-in-interior-alaska-struck-and-killed-by-vehicle\/\" target=_blank>Anchorage Daily News<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the other airmen was also injured, the base said in a statement. He was treated at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details about their injuries and the type of vehicle involved were not immediately available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is still not clear what caused the vehicle to hit the airmen or if the driver was charged or cited. A spokesman for the air base, Capt. Kay Magdalena Nissen, said the investigation is still ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur entire team is heartbroken at the loss of Cal Gentry to this tragic accident,\u201d said Col. 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