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    Shemya or Simiya (Aleut: Samiyax̂) is a small island in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest...
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    formerly Shemya Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force military airport located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. The airport...
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    census. The only populated island is Shemya; the U.S. Coast Guard station on Attu closed in 2010 and all inhabitants left the island later that year.[citation...
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  • on Shemya Island, but caused very little damage. The Rat Islands form part of the Aleutian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands forming an island arc...
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    aircraft via an en route stop either at Adak Airport or Shemya island in the Aleutian Islands. At the time, the airport on Attu was the westernmost airfield...
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    Diyarbakir Air Station) in south-eastern Turkey, Laredo, Texas and Shemya Island, Alaska. This system was deployed to satisfy scientific and technical...
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  • Savage Island Semichi Islands (Samiyan) Shemya Island (Samiyax̂) Bering Island (Russian: остров Беринга) Medny Island (Russian: остров Медный) Bergsland,...
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    trajectory. AN/FPS-17 and AN/FPS-80 radars were placed at Shemya Island in the Aleutian Islands off the Alaskan coast in the 1960s to track Soviet missile...
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  • intensity of IX (Violent). It caused heavy damage on Shemya Island, injuring 15 residents. The runways of Shemya Air Force Base sustained cracks up to 16 inches...
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  • "the most prominent" of two islands in Shemya Pass, which separates Nizki and Shemya islands. "Hammerhead Island". Alaska Guide. Retrieved 2023-02-05....
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  • Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands, it is the least prominent of the two islands in the Shemya Pass, which separates Nizki and Shemya islands. "Lotus"...
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    as a laborer stationed at Northwest Airlines' Far East stopover on Shemya Island in the Aleutians. He subsequently became a flight attendant, and then...
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  • MDTF, and the 3rd MDTF) were rapidly deployed to Shemya Island, Alaska in the western Aleutian island chain, in response to Russian air and maritime activity...
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    They considered the use of Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, on Amchitka and Shemya bases, but rejected the idea. The U.S. military maintained interest in these...
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    Serial No. 70-0446 crashed while landing at the former Shemya Air Force Base on Shemya Island in Alaska. The C-5 approached below the glide slope in heavy...
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    by an Alaska Airlines Douglas DC-6A that crashed short of the runway at Shemya Air Force Base with the loss of all six crew members on board. The investigating...
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    original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2020-07-01. Culliney, John L. (2006) Islands in a Far Sea: The Fate of Nature in Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii...
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  • Shaman Island Shangin Rock Shapka Island Shaw Island Shaw Islands Sheep Island Shelikof Island Shelter Island Shemya Island Sherang Island Shikosi Island Shingle...
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    United States Air Force) at Eareckson Air Station on the island of Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The system was built in 1976 and brought online in...
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  • 650°N 167.400°E / 52.650; 167.400 (approximately 290 miles west of Shemya Island in the Aleutians) following a propeller malfunction and succession of...
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    Honolulu, Kanton Island (which was a technical stop) and Fiji as well as to Hong Kong via Tokyo (preceded by a technical stop at Shemya Island in Alaska) started...
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    told Congress that Clear Air Force Station would be closed when the Shemya Island and Beale AFB radars became operational. After a Thule radome fire,...
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  • Congress of any intent to begin building a radar facility on Alaska's Shemya Island pass, as it continues to examine its options with regard to national...
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    of the world: The Western Aleutians project and the archaeology of Shemya Island. Anchorage: Aurora.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors...
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  • Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia (Closed 2003) Oman Masirah Air Base, Masirah Island, Oman (Inactive) Seeb International Airport, Muscat, Oman (Closed 2002)...
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    Aleutian Trench (category Geology of the Aleutian Islands)
    was 131. February 4 1965 Rat Islands earthquake: This magnitude 8.7 earthquake triggered a tsunami that struck Shemya Island and was observed around the...
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  • Reeve Aleutian Airways (category Aleutian Islands)
    Moller, Shemya Island, Cape Sarichef, King Cove, False Pass, Akutan Island, Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Ivanof Bay, Sanak Island, Perryville...
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    designated the 5073d Air Base Group and had served at the then-Shemya Air Force Base on Shemya Island from 15 October 1974 – 27 January 1992. In turn, the group...
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    Eleventh Air Force (category Aleutian Islands campaign)
    Galena Airport, King Salmon Airport and Eareckson Air Force Station (Shemya Island), in a two-year period of time, 1993–1995, reflecting cost savings derived...
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    (50 °F). During the 46-year period when weather records were kept on Shemya Island, in the southern Bering Sea, the average temperature of the coldest...
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