This year’s Northern Edge includes more than 150 aircraft from the Air Force and Navy and the U.K. and Australia.
Military
Army Corps to begin cleanup efforts at World War II fort in Unalaska Bay
The fort housed anti-aircraft and anti-ship artillery.
Flight recorders recovered from site of fatal Army helicopter crash in Interior Alaska
An Army spokesman says the division has been shaken by the crash and loss.
Army identifies soldiers who died in helicopter crash near Healy
In response to the crashes, the Army on Friday grounded all its aviation units and ordered them to conduct training this week before they’d be allowed to fly again.
3 soldiers are dead after a pair of Army helicopters collided near Healy
The helicopters were returning from a training mission when they collided, the Army says.
As Alaska duties evolve and expand, military branches’ housing needs grow, leaders say
Available housing is scarce in Fairbanks for Air Force and Army personnel, and the Coast Guard is building or planning new housing in some coastal communities.