Former US Army Air Forces airfield on Adak Island, Alaska
Cape Air Force Base Fort Glenn Army Airfield Cape Field at Fort Glenn
Part of Eleventh Air Force
Umnak, Alaska
Cape AFB
Coordinates
53°22′39″N167°53′24″W / 53.37750°N 167.89000°W / 53.37750; -167.89000 (Cape Air Force Base)
Type
Military Airbase
Site information
Controlled by
United States Army Air Forces
Site history
In use
1942-1950
Battles/wars
Aleutian Islands campaign
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Cape Air Force Base also known as Fort Glenn Army Air Base, is a site significant for its role in World War II fighting, operating alongside Naval Air Facility Otter Point.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987 as Cape Field at Fort Glenn.[1][2]
^"Cape Field at Fort Glenn". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-01-10. If link is not working, a cached version as of 2008-01-09[permanent dead link] is available from Google.
^Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine.
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