{"id":39540,"date":"2023-04-07T00:05:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T00:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/07\/air-national-guard-rescue-flight-highlights-alaskas-unique-challenges\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:14:04","slug":"air-national-guard-rescue-flight-highlights-alaskas-unique-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/04\/07\/air-national-guard-rescue-flight-highlights-alaskas-unique-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Air National Guard rescue flight highlights Alaska\u2019s unique challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANCHORAGE, Alaska \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/04\/02\/alaska-national-guard-honors-alaska-natives-who-rescued-navy-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska<\/a> Air National Guard this week traveled nearly 660 miles (1,062 kilometers) to rescue a pregnant woman on a small island 2 miles (3 kilometers) from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms\/2023\/04\/04\/russia-to-hold-arctic-drills-with-non-arctic-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia<\/a>, reflecting the challenges patients face in the nation\u2019s largest state where the most remote areas have no roads and hospitals can be hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no air strip for a fixed-wing aircraft, so the crews flew a twin-engine combat search and rescue helicopter from the Anchorage area to the island in the Bering Strait. A long-range search and rescue aircraft guided the helicopter through mountain passes and refueled it in the air several times during the 5-hour flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/77320a78164749ee8b29ebdd816f3816\" target=\"_blank\">Russian aircraft routinely fly<\/a>&nbsp;near the Bering Strait, but Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Sara Warren, who was the on-duty rescue officer, said they took every measure to avoid any conflict, including staying on the U.S. side of the international date line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere was absolutely no activity from them,\u201d she said of the Russians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These types of extreme rescues by both the Guard and other agencies are common in a state that is almost 2 1\/2 times the size of Texas and has more shoreline than the lower 48 states combined. The Alaska Air National Guard has conducted 14 such rescues already this year, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/10\/07\/alaskas-air-national-guard-search-and-rescue-teams-save-lives-in-the-wilderness-and-in-combat\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hoist-Training-3.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">&#8216;These things we do\u2019: Alaska\u2019s Air Guard search and rescue teams save lives in the wilderness and in combat<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In the almost 30 years since assuming search and rescue alert in Alaska, the Air National Guard&#039;s 176th Wing has performed more than 2,000 civilian search and rescues and is credited with saving more than 1,750 lives.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s very different here in Alaska because we don\u2019t have the infrastructure that they have down in the lower 48,\u201d said Alaska National Guard spokesperson Alan Brown. \u201cYou\u2019re looking at the civilian agencies (that) have a more robust capability; there are more of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alaska, with a population of only about 730,000 people, is remote, spread out and often has extreme weather, forcing everyone to team up to conduct life-saving missions. A total of 41 people worked on the recent rescue mission on the small island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur guys, fortunately, because of the nature of their federal mission for search and rescue, they have to be capable,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThey have to train regularly in extreme weather conditions all across the region and that just makes them prime for this type of rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rescue call came Monday morning, said Warren. They were informed of a pregnant woman with severe abdominal pains in Diomede, a village of 80 people on the western side of Little Diomede Island. It\u2019s a traditional Ingalikmiut Eskimo village, whose residents live a subsistence lifestyle, hunting seal, polar bears and blue crab. There are no medical professionals living on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dcd4ea87dde840399e598ca9b16e1551\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s separated from Big Diomede Island<\/a>, which is owned by Russia, by 2 miles (3 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice this time of the year. The international date line runs between the two islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compounding the rescue was not only lingering fog from sea ice, but also a power outage in Diomede, Warren said. Townspeople would call the nearest hospital in Nome, 130 miles (209 kilometers) away, every hour providing updates on the woman\u2019s condition and then shut the phones off to conserve power. A doctor in Nome would then relay the most current information back to those at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A civilian medical crew was on standby in Nome, but they were unable to fly their helicopter because of the poor weather conditions, so the National Guard aircraft launched from Anchorage. The plane would fly ahead after fueling the helicopter to perform weather reconnaissance, leading the helicopter away from storms, through several passes of the Alaska Range and to Diomede. Warren and others at the base monitored all of it in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey eventually did get her out without causing any kind of incidents,\u201d Warren said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman was then flown to Nome and was doing fine, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such a complex mission is second hand to the Alaska Air National Guard as compared to other states, where Guard crews might be involved in search and rescue missions. This incident involved the Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Alaska, Guardsmen are accustomed to handling complex missions, factoring in bad weather, solving time-distance problems and dealing with harsh terrain, mainly because they train in these conditions as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guard considers \u2014 and even counts on \u2014 such missions part of their regular training and thus could not provide a cost estimate for the rescue. The missions provide \u201cexceptional real-world training opportunities not otherwise available,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStanding up and planning for these types of missions, flying through challenging conditions over varied terrain and saving lives keeps our skills sharp and perfectly translates into mission capability for our national defense,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guard\u2019s 176th Wing conducted 55 missions in 2022 and 57 in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the most recent rescue, Warren said, \u201cThat was just another Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alaska Air National Guard traveled nearly 660 miles to rescue a pregnant woman on a small island two miles from 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