New aviation meteorology stations at the host airports - Seimchan, Oymyakon and Yakutsk - were organized by 1942. Auxiliary stations were set up along the route. Aerology sounding was used more ...

Cloudy with a high of 67 °F (19.4 °C) and a 36% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 12 to 13 mph (19.3 to 20.9 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 3 to 12 mph (4.8 to 19.3 kph). The ...

Adak Island, a remote and storm-battered former Navy base in Alaska, has suddenly found itself back in the spotlight. The US likely views Adak as a strategic hub to check growing Russian and Chinese ...

Even though we're used to recognizing Alaska and Hawaii as part of the United States, it's still kind of bizarre that we have 48 states on the mainland and two others that are thousands of miles away.

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

attempted to argue that the former Alaska governor’s political action committee contributed to an atmosphere of violence in the months leading up to the 2011 assassination attempt on then-Arizona Rep.

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 48 °F (8.9 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 75 °F (23.9 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 14 mph (9.7 to 22. ...

The island, which sits halfway between mainland Alaska and Russia, would give the U.S. “an opportunity to gain time and distance on any force capability that’s looking to penetrate,” Paparo ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A study on a Glenn and Seward Highway connection ... Ultimately, designating smaller sub-projects and “lines on a map” will have a greater immediate impact, Klein said. “In ...

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion ... times when there have been changes not reflected in the maps.

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion ... times when there have been changes not reflected in the maps. The US president says he fears the Russian leader ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.