coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Amchitka Air Force Base is an abandoned Air Force Base located on Amchitka, in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian...
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December 1949 the Air Force base was closed due to insufficient personnel and staff. The Army closed its communications facility at Amchitka in August 1950...
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were put into an untenable situation. From its bases on Amchitka and Adak, Eleventh Air Force conducted continual bombing raids on the Japanese on Kiska...
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Eleventh Air Force (11 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson...
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Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1997) France Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1949) Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1999) Ramey Air...
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established 23 March 1943, at Drew Field, Florida. The air echelon was attached to Eleventh Air Force in Amchitka, Alaska, from 19 July to 15 August 1943, where...
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States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Pacific Division, Air Transport Command, headquartered at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, California...
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Alaskan Air Command (AAC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command originally established in 1942 under the United States Army Air Forces....
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Aleutian Islands campaign (redirect from Aleutian Island's Air War)
the Japanese contemplated occupying and setting up a new base on either the Semichis or Amchitka but were not able to carry out those plans.: 22–26 In...
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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (section French Air Force)
base on Adak island. During the drawn-out campaign, 12 Canadian Kittyhawks operated on a rotational basis from a new, more advanced base on Amchitka,75 mi...
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Alaska World War II Army airfields (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Alaska)
support the Aleutian Islands Campaign against Japan. Eleventh Air Force United States Army Air Forces Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American...
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Cape Air Force Base also known as Fort Glenn Army Air Base, is a site significant for its role in World War II fighting, operating alongside Naval Air Facility...
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related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were...
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area. The squadron was based during this period at Amchitka Air Force Base. By 10 August 1943 VB-135 had moved to the Naval Air Station Attu and was given...
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the next day. 10 December 1943: VP-62 was temporarily based ashore at Amchitka Air Force Base, Alaska, for familiarization flights. 31 January 1944:...
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18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
(18th FIS) is a subordinate unit of the 354th Fighter Wing based at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, and flies the Block 30 General Dynamics F-16C/D...
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344th Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
Glenn Army Airfield, Alaska Territory, 8 Mar-c. 23 May 1943 Detachment at Amchitka Army Airfield, Alaska Territory, May-Jul 1943 Detachment at Alexai Point...
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Over-the-horizon radar (section U.S. Air Force)
prototype ROTHR system was installed on the isolated Aleutian Island of Amchitka, Alaska, monitoring the eastern coast of Russia. It remained in use until...
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the air. Alfred Russel Wallace's 1879 book Australasia, Ian Todd's 1974 book Island Realm: A Pacific Panorama and Dean Kohlhoff's 2002 book Amchitka and...
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providing a naval base farther from Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island. In January 1943, Indianapolis supported a landing and occupation on Amchitka, part of an...
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Cape Field at Fort Glenn (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
an airfield of the United States Army Air Corps later renamed Cape Air Force Base, and the adjacent Naval Air Facility Otter Point, both located on Umnak...
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515th Strategic Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 407th Strategic Fighter Wing stationed at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana, where...
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77th Weapons Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the USAF Weapons School, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The 77th is a geographically...
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islands, and in January the following year began their advance by capturing Amchitka without opposition. On March 26, the Battle of the Komandorski Islands...
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US Naval Advance Bases (redirect from US Naval Advance Base)
PT boat base, hospital, seaplane base Andrew Lagoon, port at Sweeper Cove, recreational center Naval Air Station Kodiak Amchitka - Advanced Base, Three...
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54th Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 3d Operations Group, being stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. It was inactivated...
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Greenpeace (section After Amchitka)
underground nuclear weapon test in the tectonically unstable island of Amchitka in Alaska; the plans raised some concerns of the test triggering earthquakes...
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73rd Special Operations Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
The 73rd Special Operations Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida...
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Airfield and Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (114th & 138th CBs) Andersen Air Force Base (5th Construction Brigade) Awase Airfield (34th, 36th CBs) Bauerfield...
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10th Mountain Division (redirect from Combined Joint Task Force Mountain)
only aviation brigade in the theater, stationed at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Named "Task Force Falcon," the brigade's mission was to conduct aviation...
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