The large Air Force transport plane seen flying over downtown Juneau on Monday was a C-17 doing training exercises at the airport.
According to Patty Wahto, Juneau’s airport manager, the plane was taking advantage of the clear weather to practice visual approaches of the runway, which means landing without using instruments.
The same plane landed and took off several times in the middle of the day.
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Officials haven’t confirmed when the balloon was found but reporters with KUCB saw a bundle of parachute-like material being loaded onto a Coast Guard C-130 airplane on Saturday.
Sullivan says that a decade ago, the Pentagon wanted to close Alaska bases. — but no longer.
The Army pays soldiers extra for Alaska duty. Only a few far-flung airmen get hardship pay for their service in the 49th state.
