Location
Located on Adak Island.

Construction
Late August 1942, the U.S. built an airstrip on Adak Island to launch air attacks against the Japanese forces on Attu and Kiska. The first plane to land on the new Adak runway on 10 September 1942 was piloted by Col. Eareckson. The Japanese only attacked Adak once, but the raid caused no damage.

Japanese Missions Against Adak
October 1, 1942 - ??

Units based at Adak
28th CG, 77th BS (B-25, B-26) Elmendorf October 3, 1942 -
30th BG, 30th BS (B-25) ? - November 15, 1942 Umnak
18th FG, 343rd FS (P-40) Alaska December 6, 1942 - ?
57th FS (P-39)

Jerry Craft adds:
"Adak, pilots flew west on Adak's range signal, until they intersected with Amchitka's range signal.  Where this occurred was a point knows as the "Tanaga Intersection," and was somewhere close to Tanaga Island.  Also, I was on Adak, during the summer and autumn of 1947. One was the crash of a P-61 "Black Widow" and the other was the disappearance of the base's Air-Sea Rescue B-17, only minutes after taking off from Adak on runway 50."

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009