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Eareckson Air Station (IATA: SYA, ICAO: PASY), 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 was closed as an active Air Force Station on 1 July 1994.
3 wrz 2008 · Shemya Island became the home of the 28th Bomber Group, and later the 343rd Fighter Group. The latter group was deactivated on August 15, 1946. The Shemya Air Force Base (now Eareckson Air Station) mission was reduced following World War II.
At its peak in the 1960s, the station, originally Shemya Air Force Base or Shemya Station, had 1,500 workers. In 1956, Northwest Airlines leased Shemya Island from the U.S. government to use as a refueling station on their North Pacific route.
21 lip 2009 · When Japanese forces launched an attack on U.S. forces in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and Attu during World War II, America responded by constructing an airfield on Shemya and named it Shemya Air Force Base.
16 wrz 2024 · Portions of three Army units have been deployed to Shemya Island off the coast of Alaska in response to recent Russian and Chinese air and sea probes into the Arctic region, service officials...
Eareckson Air Station, formerly known as Shemya Air Force Base, is located on the island of Shemya, Alaska. The base was also referred to as "The Black Pearl" or "The Rock." It is the most...
16 wrz 2024 · A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, guides a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III on after landing on Shemya Island, Alaska, as part of a force projection operation, Sept. 12, 2024.
