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Alaska Guardsmen airlift "Into the Wild" bus

This afternoon, Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion,207th Aviation Regiment executed an extraction mission via a CH-47 Chinookhelicopter over Healy, Alaska.

As part of a combined effort with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, theGuardsmen rigged and airlifted “Bus 142,” an historic icon from book and film, “Intothe Wild,” out of its location on Stampede Road in light of public safety concerns. Thebus will be stored at a secure site while the DNR considers all options andalternatives for its permanent disposition. (Alaska Army National Guard courtesyvideo by UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, Staff Sgt. Sonny Cooper)

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