Anchorage air traffic controller wins award for Bering Sea save

Jessica Earp, an air traffic control specialist, at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center on April 13, 2017 (Photo: Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media)An air traffic controller in Anchorage has been honored for helping a pilot land his disabled jet on a remote Bering Sea island.
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Jessica Earp’s quick directions to get the Marine Corps F-18 pilot safely to Saint Paul Island in the summer of 2016 earned her the National Air Traffic Controllers Association’s highest rec