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Naval Air Facility Adak (IATA: ADK, ICAO: PADK, FAA LID: ADK), was a United States Navy airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] After its closure in 1997, it was reopened as Adak Airport .
Adak first appeared on the 2000 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP), [12] although it previously was the Adak Naval Station from 1970 [13] [14] to 1990. [15] In 2001, it formally incorporated as a city. As of the 2010 census, Adak was the only city in Alaska to have a majority Asian population (171 of 326 residents).
NSGA Marietta, Washington closed in 1972 and reverted to a Lummi reservation. [17] Marietta was the first FRD-10 site to shut down and operated less than 10 years. Major components of the antenna array.
This section provided two routes from Alaska to NORAD in Colorado, for this reason it was also known as the Rearward Communications System. [3] The A Route went down the southeast coast of Alaska to a submarine cable and the B Route went east into Canada.
The Alaskan Air Command (AAC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command originally established in 1942 under the United States Army Air Forces.Its mission was to organize and administer the air defense system of Alaska, exercise direct control of all active measures, and coordinate all passive means of air defense.
Adak Island, one of the Aleutian Islands Adak, Alaska, a town on the above island; Adak Airport, airport serving the town Adak Army Airfield, original name of the airport (1942–c.1943) Davis Army Airfield, a later name of the airport (c.1943–1950) Naval Air Facility Adak, a later name of the airport (1950–1997)
Order 2010-7-9: re-selecting Alaska Airlines to provide essential air service (EAS) at Adak, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,675,703, and Peninsula Airways, Inc., for $290,780 at Atka and $639,008 at Nikolski. The three rates extend through June 30, 2012.
The district's sole school was the K-12 Adak Naval Station School, which had 37 teachers and 551 students circa October 1978. [2] Ed Gilley was the final superintendent of the district; he was hired for the position in 1989. Circa 1994 the final student left the Adak district as the Adak Naval Air Station closed. [3]