Alaska National Guard brings holiday cheer to Akiachak
- December 8, 2016
By Sgt. David Bedard, 134th Public Affairs Detachment
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Santa Claus traded his sleigh and eight magically motivated reindeer for an Alaska Air National Guard C-130 Hercules during a Dec. 3, 2016, visit to Akiachak.
Saint Nick’s journey to the Western Alaska village marked 59 years for Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard community-outreach effort dependent upon a legion of elfin volunteers as well as volunteers from Alaska businesses, non-profit organizations, and many who are supportive of the program.
Though the magic hooves of Donner and Blitzen were temporarily replaced by the propeller blast of the 144th
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