Officials say the 18 soldiers are members of the Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment. More than 100 other aviators have returned from Kosovo over the past week. The Guard members have been deployed since November 2008.
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Sen. Begich visits troops in Afghanistan
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich visits Afghanistan in mid-January, meeting Alaska-based military personnel from Fort Wainwright's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in mid-January.
Coast Guard icebreaker escorts tanker through Bering Sea ice
A Russian tanker carrying fuel for an iced-in Nome that without a delivery could run out of crucial supplies before winter's end encountered ice early Friday in the eastern Bering Sea and was escorted by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Read more
SOLDIER PROFILES
Running list of profiles of Alaskan, or Alaska-based, soldiers who have died since 2003.
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