USAF 176th Operations Group Patch / AKANG Patch

USAF 176th Operations Group Patch / AKANG

176th Operations Group

The 176th Operations Group is one of four groups (the others being the 176th Maintenance Group; the 176th Medical Group; and the 176th Mission Support Group) that make up the 176th Wing.

The Operations Group comprises the units that directly execute the wing's missions: tactical airlift, strategic airlift, air control, and combat search and rescue. These subsidiary units are:

144th Airlift Squadron

To maintain a quality, combat ready, volunteer force capable of performing tactical airlift, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief in defense of the state of Alaska and the United States of America operating eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft..

176th Air Control Squadron

Provides mission-ready personnel to operate and maintain the Alaskan Region Air Operations Center (RAOC) of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to monitor and track potential threats to North American air sovereignty. It integrates fixed and airborne radar into the NORAD Global Command and Control System (NGCCS), and conducts 24-hour Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR) and Eleventh Air Force (11th AF) air sovereignty and theater air control operations.

176th Operations Support Squadron

To ensure the combat readiness of 176th Operations Group assets including 18 aircraft and more than 300 assigned personnel committed to meeting National Guard Bureau and Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) taskings. Provide training, intelligence, weapons/tactics, aircrew flight equipment, resource management and airfield operations support to all components of the 176th Operations Group and intelligence support to all components of the 176th Wing.

210th Rescue Squadron

Man, equip and train a combat-ready unit to provide and sustain combat search and rescue (CSAR) operations in the Pacific Theater. Support in-place and deployed contingency operations for Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) directed, all-weather, long range missions. Provide 24-hour rescue alert for mainland Alaska at Kulis ANGB, and operate as a geologically separate detachment, providing rescue alert and range support at Eielson AFB operating six HH-60 Pavehawk helicopters.

211th Rescue Squadron

To man, equip, and train a combat-ready unit to provide and sustain combat search and rescue operations in the Pacific Theater. Support in-place and deployed contingency operations for Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) directed all weather, long range combat missions. Perform 24 hour rescue alert for the Alaska theatre operating four HC-130 King aircraft.

212th Rescue Squadron

Man, equip and train a combat-ready force to provide and sustain Personnel Recovery operations. Supports in-place and deployed contingency operations for Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) directed, all-weather, long range missions. Provides highly trained pararescuers, combat rescue officers and Search, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialists to execute rescue missions. Performs 24-hour Alaska rescue alert at Kulis and operates a geographically separate rescue detachment, maintaining duty hour alert at Eielson Air Force Base, AK.

249th Airlift Squadron

Recruit, train and provide combat-ready C-17A aircrews for global mobility missions that supply and sustain America's armed forces. It conducts the rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases and/or direct-delivery to forward locations throughout the world. Global mobility mission sets performed include intercontinental and theater airlift, aeromedical evacuations, humanitarian assistance, and tactical airdrop. All aircrews maintain a high state of mission readiness in air refueling, low-level contour navigation, Night Vision Goggles (NVG), and airland operations to support wartime taskings. Operates eight C-17 Globemaster IIIs out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. 

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