The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian SAR missions last year, often during vicious storms that kept air ambulances grounded.
In this photo provided by Kristin Paniptchuk, she holds her newborn daughter, Kinley, at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage on Dec. 29, 2022.
Over the past year-and-a-half, Paniptchuk, whose daughter is now a toddler, has been thinking about how lucky she was. Now, those rescues could be drastically curtailed as personnel changes take an outsize toll in a state more than twice the size of Texas, Guard leaders and members say.
Alaska is slated to convert 80 members, or about 4% of its 2,200 personnel, to tech positions — the most in the U.S. The problem is that much of the Alaska Guard’s unique role — missions that require being on alert 24 hours a day, seven days a week — can’t be done by the tech positions, the Guard said.
In a statement to The Associated Press, the Air National Guard said the staffing reset was “driven by the desire to achieve equity across all units resourced by the same program.”
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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers sayThe Alaska Air National Guard's rescues could be curtailed due to personnel changes; this comes as part of a nationwide move to balance the number of the Air National Guard's top-earning positions.
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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers sayThe Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off.
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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers sayThe Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off
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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers sayThe Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off.
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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers sayThe Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off.
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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers sayThe Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off. It also patrolled the skies for spy balloons and missiles from China, Russia and North Korea, and supported U.S.
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