Updated January 26,2012
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Suffice it to say that this is the aerial picture of Adak. I could find no others on the web that were descriptive enough. Now I do remember this clearly. Both times I joined the USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND T- AGM 23 I not only called on the port but had to fly into it via an AMC (Air Mobility Command) charter out of Elmendorf Air Force Base. Now, on that charter freight flies first class and passengers fly in coach ; hard for a terrorist to high jack those flights. When I first went there in 1991 ADAK was still in full status. In 1994 thanks to BRAC and the so called peace dividend ADAK started to deactivate and right after the new High School was built. Yes it was very cold and a big squall hit there in 1994 that started to cause one of the forward mooring lines to fray. Back then flying into Adak required a military clearance there was no such thing as tourism.