Remote Assignment?
06-12-2007 | 10:29 PM
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Remote Assignment?
Shemya? I'm guessing some of you old Cobra Ball guys might know at thing or two about his place.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=5...&t=k&z=13&om=1
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=5...&t=k&z=13&om=1
06-13-2007 | 08:55 AM
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=k&z=13&om=1
I think Wake Island has it beat in the "more runway/less island" department, but I'm sure the weather is worse at Shemya, at least outside of Typhoon season.
I've never been stationed at Wake but I've flown over it many times. It's got to be one of the most remote places on the earth.
I think Wake Island has it beat in the "more runway/less island" department, but I'm sure the weather is worse at Shemya, at least outside of Typhoon season.
I've never been stationed at Wake but I've flown over it many times. It's got to be one of the most remote places on the earth.
06-13-2007 | 11:26 AM
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=k&z=13&om=1
I just went here for a Medevac. I talked to a girl who had been there for 7 years!!!!!!
I just went here for a Medevac. I talked to a girl who had been there for 7 years!!!!!!
06-13-2007 | 01:04 PM
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http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/images/esd798.jpg
Most remote location I was ever based at. 30 days on, then R&R in the Canary Islands.
Picture of the Freedom Bird that would take us to Algeria.
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/images/esd794.jpg
Picture of the bird that would take us from Algeria to Grand Canary.
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/images/esd795.jpg
Most remote location I was ever based at. 30 days on, then R&R in the Canary Islands.
Picture of the Freedom Bird that would take us to Algeria.
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/images/esd794.jpg
Picture of the bird that would take us from Algeria to Grand Canary.
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/images/esd795.jpg
06-13-2007 | 02:41 PM
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Had a few TDYs there; 30 days was about the longest before they would replace you. One mission (Pony Express) had periods of alert duty, with AFTAC covering the same event out of Midway. Administration of the island shifted around some, with MAC and even the FAA running it at various times. Great for snorkelers and wreck divers -- one guy salvaged a Japanese altimeter. There were actually a few civilian families on base. Kwajalein, a couple hours to the south, was a much nicer station, but like Midway, lacked the runway length we needed.
06-13-2007 | 08:37 PM
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Shemya is not so bad. They feed you pretty well; some of the freshest veggies in AK. Not sure I would want to stay there more than a few days, though.
Wake was essentially leveled by Super Typhoon Ioke in August '06. Last I heard it the facilities were in "caretaker" status. I have never been there but friends say it was a good place to deploy out of.
Wake was essentially leveled by Super Typhoon Ioke in August '06. Last I heard it the facilities were in "caretaker" status. I have never been there but friends say it was a good place to deploy out of.
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