210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons Awarded One Save for Stranded Hiker

Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 08/07/2021
On August 6th, 2021, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) received a rescue request fora hiker in distress near Glacier Pass in Archangel Valley. Initial rescue efforts from a civilian component were postponed due to weather. the 176th initiated a launch of a rescue crews using information from the hikers, launching an HH60G Pave Hawk from Joint Base Elemendorf Richardson (JBER). The Pave Hawk crew safely navigated to the hiking parties' location where the team provided field care and hoisted the patient into the Pave Hawk, transporting them to a Mat-Su area hospital. Courtesy video by U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Zach Little.