Galena Air Force Station
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Galena Air Force Station was a former United States Air Force installation near Galena, Alaska, that served as a strategic Cold War air defense and forward operating base.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Air Force installation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Galena AFS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galena Airport military installation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | World War II military use ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Alaskan Command
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distanceFromAnchorage | approximately 320 miles northwest ⓘ |
| distanceFromFairbanks | approximately 270 miles west ⓘ |
| elevation |
152 feet
ⓘ
46 meters ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern | contamination from military operations ⓘ |
| garrison |
611th Air Support Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
611th Air Support Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Defense Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Alaskan Air Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IATACode | GAL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | PAGA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Galena, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Yukon River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Galena, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
remote Arctic location
ⓘ
strategic position along polar routes ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alaska NORAD Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alaskan Air Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAircraftType | fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| primaryEraOfUse | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionStrategicRole |
air defense of Alaska
ⓘ
early warning and interception of Soviet aircraft ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation | 7/25 ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
1829 meters
ⓘ
6000 feet ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| sharedUse | civil-military airfield ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| successorFacility | Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
air defense
ⓘ
dispersal base ⓘ forward operating base ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aircraft alert facility
ⓘ
fighter-interceptor operations ⓘ forward deployment of tactical aircraft ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Galena, Alaska