JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Army National Guard ... notification for the overdue aircraft and the U.S. Coast Guard launched an HC-130J Super Hercules plane.

“You realize how many people come to Alaska, they fall in love with ... The ship has two hangars to support both models of Coast Guard helicopters and an aerial reconnaissance drone.

Recent cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could end programs that are "critical" for commercial fishing safety in Alaska, according to the Alaska Marine Safety Education ...

A small airplane that crashed off the Alaska coast last month ... been hampered by poor weather and low visibility but a Coast Guard helicopter located the downed plane on Feb. 7.

The Coast Guard Southeast Alaska Sector issued an urgent marine broadcast and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was deployed from the Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, along with a 45-foot response boat ...

The family members, who were on a sightseeing tour along the Kenai Peninsula, were rescued from the wreck by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter ... s western coast. All 10 people onboard ...

The Coast Guard stopped vessel traffic and established a safety zone around the crash site. A witness told ABC News she heard "five or six loud noises" and saw pieces falling from the helicopter ...

A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

Three people — who are immediate family members — were found alive after roughly 12 hours on a Kenai Peninsula lake after ...

The New York helicopter ... in western Alaska in early February, killing all 10 people on board. The crash was one of the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP ... s western coast. And five years ago, a midair collision near the Soldotna airport claimed seven lives including that of a state lawmaker. For this week’s rescue, the National ...