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It first appeared as the Shemya Air Force Base in the United States Census from 1960 to 1980. As Shemya in 1960 (an unincorporated military base) and as Shemya (Air Force) Station in 1970. In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP). It was dissolved as a CDP in 1990 and did not report separately again until 2020 as Eareckson Station CDP.
Shemya or Simiya (Aleut: Samiyax̂ [1]) is a small island in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest of Alaska, at It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi (15.29 km 2 ), and is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska .
The AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE is a PESA phased array radar installation operated by Raytheon for the United States Space Force (originally for the United States Air Force) at Eareckson Air Station on the island of Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. [1]
A US Air Force airman guides a M142 HIMARS from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III after landing on Shemya Island, Alaska on September 12, 2024. (US Army photo by Spc. Brandon Vasquez)
Soldiers of the 11 th Airborne Division, as well as the 1 st and 3 rd Multi Domain Task Forces, deployed to Shemya Island, part of the vast Aleutian Islands archipelago, on September 12. Shemya ...
After losing about 5,000 ft of altitude, the aircraft stabilized [citation needed] and eventually made an emergency landing at Shemya Air Force Base in Shemya, Semichi Islands, Alaska. [4] The damage to the cabin of Flight 583. Of the 255 passengers and crew, 60 were hospitalized, of whom 2 died. [2]
AECOM awarded US$55-million contract for power plant reconstruction at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska. LOS ... contract by the U.S. Air Force Civil ... Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska. ...
Transferred to Alaskan Air Command - became Shemya Air Force Base; later, on 6 April 1993, Shemya Air Force Base was renamed Eareckson Air Station. The renaming ceremony was held 19 May 1993. The Eleventh Air Force Association initiated renaming the base to honor their wartime commander, Colonel William O. Eareckson (1900–1966).