Alaska Air National Guardsmen Staff Sgt. Colton Nelson (left), a loadmaster with the 144th Airlift Squadron, and Master Sgt. Brandon Stuemke, a pararescueman with the 212th Rescue Squadron, escort residents of Galena, Alaska to an awaiting C-130 “Hercules” to be transported to Fairbanks, May 28. Thirty-two residents and nineteen dogs were transported on an Alaska Air National Guard C-130 “Hercules” aircraft from Galena to Fairbanks to wait for the water levels to subside. Photo by Sgt. Edward Eagerton, Alaska National Guard Public AffairsThe Alaska National Guard sent multiple aircraft and res

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Alaska Air National Guardsmen Staff Sgt. Colton Nelson (left), a loadmaster with the 144th Airlift Squadron, and Master Sgt. Brandon Stuemke, a pararescueman with the 212th Rescue Squadron, escort residents of Galena, Alaska to an awaiting C-130 “Hercules” to be transported to Fairbanks, May 28. Thirty-two residents and nineteen dogs were transported on an Alaska Air National Guard C-130 “Hercules” aircraft from Galena to Fairbanks to wait for the water levels to subside. Photo by Sgt. Edward Eagerton, Alaska National Guard Public AffairsThe Alaska National Guard sent multiple aircraft and rescue personnel to the rural Alaska village to assist with rescue efforts. Photo by Sgt. Edward Eagerton, Alaska National Guard Public Affairs Alaska rescue 130528-Z-MW427-171

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