Eareckson Air Station was built on Shemya Island in the early 1940’s, 1500 miles southwest of Anchorage Alaska and 350 miles from Russian Territory. Today, it’s most often used for refueling ...

King Salmon is a nice start. If and when the flying branch reopens Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island—that’s when you should get really excited. Early in the Cold War, the Soviet air force ...

At the farthest edge of the American frontier 1,455 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, sits Eareckson Air Station, home of the radar code-named Cobra Dane. The radar, permanently facing westward ...

Ian Gregor, a spokesperson with the Pacific Division of the Federal Aviation Administration, says Flight 884 "declared an emergency and diverted to Eareckson Air Station in Shemya," at the far ...

This spring the U.S. Air Force staged a small number of F-22 stealth fighters to an outlying airfield in Alaska. Now the service has sent F-16 fighters even farther afield, to a dangerous little ...

Today, the island’s population roughly tripled when a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles made an emergency landing at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya after the crew detected smoke.

Flight 175, traveling from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tokyo, landed safely at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, said Tim Smith, a spokesman for American. The island ...

Flight 884 landed early Wednesday at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya Island, Alaska, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. Air Force Capt. Anastasia Wasem said the Boeing 777 ...

The flight landed at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya “due to a potential engine issue,” according to a Delta statement. A rescue flight landed at Shemya around midday Monday, Delta ...

Smoke was detected around the cockpit area, prompting the captain of Flight CX884 to divert to Eareckson Air Station on Alaska's Shemya Island early Wednesday, the airline said. No one was injured ...

This contract provides the tasks required to operate, maintain, and sustain the Cobra Dane radar. Work will primarily be performed at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya, Alaska, and is expected to be ...