US special-operations troops train with a drone on Shemya Island, October 2021. The Cobra Dane radar is visible in the background.US Special Operations Command US special-operations troops conducted ...

The US Army quickly deployed assets to Alaska's Aleutian Islands amid Russia and China's Pacific naval drills. The 11th Airborne Division led the event, which included long-range artillery and counter ...

U.S. Army soldiers were deployed to the remote Shemya Island in Alaska last week, as part of a training exercise that follows recent flights of Russian and Chinese aircraft near American airspace in ...

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 base ...

The U.S. Army sent paratroopers, radar platoons and at least one M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System to a tiny island off of Alaska this week, in a sudden show of force projection following ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles departed from a remote U.S. air base in the Aleutian Islands late Wednesday morning, hours after making an emergency ...

SEATTLE — Passengers who were aboard a Delta Air Lines flight that made an emergency landing on a remote Alaskan island have arrived safely at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Delta spokesman ...

A Delta plane flying from Beijing to Seattle Monday was diverted to Shemya, an island in the western Aleutians. According to a statement from Delta Air Lines, flight 128 had a potential engine issue.

US special-operations troops conducted exercises on opposite sides of the world in late October. The exercises reflect concerns about being able to operate on vital territory and in important ...