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== Post War ==
== Post War ==
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Image:Adak_Aerial_View_Of_Station_Facilities.jpeg|Aerial View of Station Facilities, 1987
Image:Adak_Station.jpeg|Station Facilities
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== Current Status ==
== Current Status ==

Revision as of 10:47, 24 July 2017

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 War

Current Status

Abandoned 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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Location: Adak Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska.

Maps & Images

Lat: 51.874303 Long: -176.632760


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