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 aircraft ...

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III ...

Crowley said it overcame a number of challenges to lighter and deliver nearly four million gallons of military specification fuel to Eareckson Air Station on the Aleutian Island of Shemya in Alaska.

Twice a year, Crowley heads out to Eareckson Air Station on Shemya, located 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage near where the International Dateline takes a jog west to accommodate the islands. The ...

A Delta Air Lines flight carrying 194 passengers from Beijing to Seattle had to make an emergency stopover Monday on a remote Aleutian island. The flight landed at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya “due ...