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Icemen save six mushers, 89 dogs from snowstorm

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Left to Right, Lt. Col. Dave Looney and Staff Sgt. Mike Sullivan, 176th Wing, Kulis Air National Guard Base, and Maj. Bill Kupchin, 210th Rescue Squadron, Det. 1 commander, accept thanks June 1 from three of the 89 dogs they rescued during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in February. The dogs and six mushers were stranded at Eagle Summit during a snowstorm. Members of the Yukon Quest board of directors thanked the aircrew during an appreciation ceremony at the 210th RQS.

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