The Alaska Air National Guard has been leading search and rescue efforts to locate a civilian medical helicopter that disappeared Dec. 3. The search team focused on an area about 75 miles southeast of Anchorage and, according to the Anchorage Daily News, on Saturday, found the body of a flight nurse and wreckage of the aircraft in Prince William Sound. The Alaska Air Guard’s 176th Wing led the search, employing HH-60 Pave Hawk and HC-130 aircraft, along with Coast Guard aircraft.
Brig. Gen. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson, the last surviving triple ace from World War II, was honored one last time by the nation's top Airmen when he was buried here with full military honors March 30.