News and Videos

1989 - SurfShemya Classic video of our soldiers enjoying their time on the Black Pearl of the Pacific

2015 - Cathay Pacific Emergency Landing in Shemya

2015 - Marine C-9 landing at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya. 

2021 - SOCNORTH forces deployed to the Aleutian Islands 

2024 - Arctic Angels deploy to Aleutian Islands U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, move toward an objective as part of a force projection operation to Shemya Island, Alaska, in the North Pacific Ocean, Sept. 13, 2024. 

2024 - Arctic Angels deploy to Aleutian Islands U.S. Army Maj. John Schook assigned to Space Company, 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force, based at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, talks on his teams electromagnetic capabilities as part of the 11th Airborne Division’s force projection operation to Shemya Island, Alaska Sept. 12, 2024. 

2024 - HIMARS Deployed to Shemya Island for Remote Pacific Exercise The U.S. Army successfully relocated the HIMARS M142 to Shemya Island, Alaska. 

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4/6/93 a China Eastern MD-11 flight 583 diverted to Shemya 

12/24/2018 Delta flight from Beijing to Seattle diverted to Shemya 

12/19/19 A Diverted Flight on Christmas Eve Puts Shemya Island, Alaska in the Spotlight 

3/13/2020 Fire indication on board Polar Air Cargo flight forces emergency landing

12/16/2020 Chasing Soviet Missiles In The Cobra Ball From A Desolate Rock In The Aleutian Islands 

10/18/2021 Special Ops Train To Defend Strategic Aleutian Islands Radar Outpost During All-Out War 

8/23/2023 Night Stalker Helicopters Train To Defend Strategic Alaskan Island 

9/25/23 160th SOAR conducting Operation Polar Dagger in Alaska, 2023 

9/14/24 Arctic Angels deploy to Aleutian Islands 

9/19/24 Alaska troops deploy to remote Shemya Island, less than 300 miles from Russia 

10/1/24 FedEx Boeing 777-F2S Flight 9796 from Anchorage to Hanoi diverted to Shemya

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