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== [[World War II]] == | == [[World War II]] == | ||
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Image:Typical_Living_Area_at_Adak_Island.gif |Typical Living Area | |||
Image:Adak_Harbor.gif|Adak Harbor with US Fleet Preparing To Move Against Kiska | |||
Image:Adak_Island_air.jpg|Adak Island, 1942 | |||
Image:Adak_Kulak_Bay.jpg|Kulak Bay, 1942 | |||
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== Post War == | == Post War == | ||
Revision as of 10:35, 24 July 2017
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Naval Air Facility Adak (1942-1997) - Naval Air Facility Adak was alternately an Army Air Field, Air Force Base, and Naval Air and Communications facility located on Adak Island in the Western Aleutian Island Chain. Also known as Adak Army Airfield, Davis Air Force Base, and Naval Communications Station Adak. World War II
Post WarCurrent StatusAbandoned but largely intact with the structures in varying states of deterioration. Land was sold to the Aleut Corporation for redevelopment in 2004. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Adak is slated to become the home port for the SBX-1 Sea-Based X-Band Radar platform.
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