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Military planners say the Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters are scouting sites for an upcoming exercise called Arctic Edge.
A remote Alaskan town where the entire population lives in one building has captivated the internet. Anadolu via Getty Images. Inside the building sits a post office, a corner store, a laundromat ...
Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten, 46, and Utah resident Paul Kondrat, 41, were identified by Alaska Wildlife Troopers and the Alaskan Command as the two men aboard the small aircraft that plunged ...
Then Lt. Col. Mark Sletten, Alaskan Command J3 Director of Operations visits Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 23, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenny Scarle) ...
Alaskan Command is headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, about 100 miles from the lake where the aircraft crashed. The organization, ...
Alaska Army National Guard Maj. John “Chad” Smyre, Alaskan Command J5 strategy plans and policy officer, explains dog mushing Feb. 23, 2024, to Lt. Gen. David Nahom, then ALCOM commander, and ...
As director of operations for Alaskan Command (itself part of Northern Command), Sletten oversaw daily activities and major training exercises for the thousands of U.S. troops in the state, ...
American and Canadian aircraft conducted intercepts of a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber over Alaska, the Alaskan NORAD Region and Alaskan Command announced on Monday, demonstrating U.S. and Canadian ...
The Army activated its Arctic Aviation Command earlier this month, bringing all of its Alaska aviation soldiers under one command. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez.
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) released a video showing the dangerous moment a Russian Su-35 fighter pilot flew right in front of a NORAD F-16 fighter pilot over the Alaska Air ...
The Alaskan NORAD Region and Alaskan Command. NORAD has built a layered defense network, consisting of satellites, radars and fighter jets, to detect and track aircraft and inform appropriate actions.