Pacific Air Forces: Atop the world - Point Barrow Long Range Radar System Keep Watch Over North America
March 06, 2023
March 06, 2023
UTQIAGVIK, Alaska, March 6 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news:
By Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach, Alaskan NORAD Region/Alaskan Command/11th Air Force
As the sun dipped beneath the horizon on Nov. 18, residents of Utgiagvik, Alaska, embraced 24-hours of darkness that consumed the village for a bone-chilling 65 straight days.
Nestled on the Arctic Ocean, Utqiagvik, a city of approximately 5,000 people, is inaccessible by road and is the northernm . . .
By Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach, Alaskan NORAD Region/Alaskan Command/11th Air Force
As the sun dipped beneath the horizon on Nov. 18, residents of Utgiagvik, Alaska, embraced 24-hours of darkness that consumed the village for a bone-chilling 65 straight days.
Nestled on the Arctic Ocean, Utqiagvik, a city of approximately 5,000 people, is inaccessible by road and is the northernm . . .