Alaska by the numbers: U.S. Coast Guard’s 150 years here
Since well before statehood, the Coast Guard has had a significant presence in Alaska.
Military
Video: Alaska National Guard pararescuers return from hurricane aid mission
Alaska National Guard 176th wing pararescuers returned from areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, where they provided humanitarian relief.
Mat-Su veterans wall plans in limbo after senior center fizzles
An Idaho company canceled plans for a long-term care facility next to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center that included a promise to safeguard a veterans' memorial.
JBER soldiers hold ceremony ahead of Afghanistan deployment
Under sunny skies, hundreds of soldiers, members of their families and elected officials were there to celebrate the 4/25th.
Red Cross of Alaska, oil companies coordinate donations to help flood-ravaged Texans
The Red Cross of Alaska is deploying volunteers and shepherding donations to victims with help from the oil industry that connects Houston and Alaska.
Air Force urged to extend JBER runway, avoid increasing jet noise in Mountain View
The Air Force is weighing changes to runways used by the F-22 Raptor fighter jets at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, citing safety and efficiency issues.
Air Force explores changing fighter jet flight patterns at JBER, though more noise could result
The Air Force has set a public hearing for Wednesday night in Mountain View.
Alaska-based troops prepare for deployment to Afghanistan
The Army announced earlier this year that Alaska-based soldiers are headed to Afghanistan.
Alaska leaders say military is ready to protect the state from North Korean threats
The senators and governor say they have full confidence in the military’s ability to stop a North Korean missile, and they aren’t planning additional public preparedness efforts in response.
US displays military firepower after North Korea’s latest ICBM test
U.S. forces conducted a successful missile defense test over the Pacific Ocean, sending aloft from Alaska a medium-range ballistic missile that it detected, tracked and intercepted.
A Marine’s loving sendoff for the cancer-stricken dog who saved him
Fellow Marines credited Cena, who deployed into harm's way three times in Afghanistan, with saving countless American and Afghan lives by uncovering buried explosives.
Photos: Soldiers march a marathon in Denali
About 75 Fort Wainwright soldiers marched 26 miles in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Pentagon: Interceptor launched from Alaska destroys simulated incoming missile
The test involved an intermediate-range ballistic missile similar to those being developed by North Korea, officials said.
Adm. Diego Hernandez, a Vietnam hero who played a key role in bringing Alaska into the Pacific Command, dies at 83
Hernandez "became the new best friend to everybody who mattered in Alaska."
Wasilla 19-year-old killed during Taliban attack in Afghanistan
Private 1st Class Hansen Kirkpatrick died Monday when he was struck by "indirect fire," a military term that usually encompasses rockets, mortars or artillery, the U.S. military command in Kabul said in a statement.
Pentagon delays plan to allow transgender recruits by 6 months
The Pentagon ended its ban on openly transgender people serving in the U.S. military in 2016.
The glacier search for servicemen lost in a 1952 plane crash continues. But time is running out.
Every June, the Air Force returns to Colony Glacier in the Chugach Mountains to recover what remains from a fatal plane crash in 1952. There’s no way to know how much of the wreckage has already tumbled into the lake at its terminus.
US troops wounded in apparent insider attack at Afghan base
If confirmed, it would mark the second time in a week that members of allied Afghan troops opened fire on U.S. counterparts.
The Navy thought this sailor was lost at sea. He was just found alive - on his own ship.
“I just can’t believe he’s gone,” his sister said. Then, Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Mims was found aboard the USS Shiloh.
When an off-course U-2 spy plane out of Alaska nearly triggered war
In 1962, Capt. Charles Maultsby piloted a U-2 spy plane from Eielson Air Force Base to the North Pole and mistakenly drifted into Soviet air space at the height of the Cuban missile crisis.