Tanaga Landing Strip

USA / Alaska / Adak /

Second World War 1939-1945, landing strip, closed / former military, United States Navy

Tanaga Landing Strip

To prevent reuse of both the strip and equipment being left behind after the war, all heavy equipment (bulldozers, graders, etc.) were parked on the landing strip and allowed to run until their engines seized. The vehicles remain today, blocking use of the strip.

www.denix.osd.mil/awards/fy09secdef/erit/tanaga-and-ogl...
absilcc.org/science/aiwg/Local%20Documents/Davis.2007.A...

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Coordinates: 51°40'58"N 178°3'2"W

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