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Top U.S. military officials visit Alaska bases

13 August 2018 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, defence, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, military, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army

High-ranking military brass visited Alaska as part of the annual pilgrimage by federal officials and cabinet members during the August

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Members of a specialized investigative team from the Join POW/MIA Accounting Command wait as a UH - 60 Blackhawk from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson comes in for a landing to transport them back after a day of assessing a historic aircraft crash site. The mission of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting command is to conduct global search, recovey and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts in order to support hte Department of Defense's personnel accounting efforts. (Clifford Bailey / US Navy)

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Crews unearth military history on Alaska Glacier

4 July 2013 Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch 0 Comments Colony Glacier, history, plane crash, U.S. Air Force

Colony Glacier, about 50 miles from Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage, may look calm on the surface, but it’s a

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