Search and Rescue Mission For Delta Teen

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Company C, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment participated in a search and rescue mission Saturday and transported a teen boy from the Delta Clinic in Delta Junction to Fairbanks Monday evening.

The crew of the first incident was on a routine training flight near Nenana when the Fort Wainwright Directorate of Emergency Services alerted them of a possible search and rescue. They returned to the post where they talked with military police and gathered information on the missing person, who had gone out to check a trapline.

After gaining approval to conduct the search and rescue, the crew flew to the Yukon Training Area east of Eielson Air Force Base and began the search. They received a call informing them the missing man had been located and did not require medical care or transportation.

The medevac unit received another call Monday about 5 p.m. from the Delta Clinic requesting air transportation for a 13-year-old boy with an injured arm. They flew him to Bassett Army Community Hospital, where he was transferred to a ground ambulance for a trip to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

Co. C., 1-52 Aviation is charged with Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic (MAST) in Interior Alaska.