A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor with the 525th Fighter Squadron takes off during the Red Flag-Alaska 24-3 Exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska on Aug. 19, 2024 (U.S. Air Force Photo)
Adak Island, the site of a former Navy base closed in 1997 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, may see military reuse to aid U.S. posture in the Indo-Pacific.
The Aleutian island became the site of an Army Air Corps base in August, 1942 after Pearl Harbor…