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  • Airmen Provide Light in the Night for Remote Alaskan Village

    08/22/2005 8:31:40 PM PDT · by SandRat · 10 replies · 525+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Aug 22, 2005 | Petty Officer 3rd Class Gail E. Dale, USCG
    RED DEVIL, Alaska, Aug. 22, 2005 – Air Force engineers brought a gift of light to this remote Alaskan village last week. In the small village of Red Devil, 250 air miles west of Anchorage, air travel is the sole means to enter and leave the town. The 4,750-foot gravel airstrip lined with orange cones is essentially the town's lifeline to the rest of the state. This lifeline was significantly strengthened Aug. 17 when airmen from the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, based at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, installed a runway lighting system. Red Devil, along with 62 other communities,...