Thursday Jan. 30, 2025 KUAC news stories:
1. Eielson Air Force Base officials say the F-35 fighter jet that crashed Tuesday was about to land when the pilot declared an emergency and ejected just before the plane plummeted to the ground.
2. Animal scientists at UAF and Cornell University are looking into the genetics of a muscle condition that sometimes stops sled dogs in their tracks.
3. The University of Alaska announced Wednesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with the bargaining unit that represents most of the UA system’s faculty members.
4. The head of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation hopes to bring more business to the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island to fill a shortage of launch facilities in the Lower 48.
