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| Keywords: usaf u.s. air force usairforce pacaf pacom wake island wakeisland jber joint base elmendorf-richardson jointbaseelmendorfrichardson prsc 611th asus 611thasus world war ii worldwarii wwii 75th anniversary 75thanniversary battle of wake island battleofwakeisland outdoor A U.S. Navy C-40 Clipper logistics aircraft lands at Wake Island Airfield June 3. The C-40A Clipper is a military version of the Boeing 737-700C; this particular aircraft serves as a "rotator" ferrying military personnel and their families between Pacific duty stations and the mainland U.S. Wake Island, "Where America's Day Really Begins," is an American possession in the middle Pacific within the Micronesia subregion, 2300 miles west of Hawaii and 2000 miles southeast of Tokyo. The coral atoll comprises three islands and roughly 2.8 square miles of dry land. In recognition of its importance during WWII in the Pacific and to thousands of species of sea birds, fish, and other oceanic flaura and fauna today, Wake Island is designated as both a National Historic Landmark and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. A U.S. Navy C-40 Clipper logistics aircraft lands at Wake Island Airfield June 3. The C-40A Clipper is a military version of the Boeing 737-700C; this particular aircraft serves as a "rotator" ferrying military personnel and their families between Pacific duty stations and the mainland U.S. Wake Island, "Where America's Day Really Begins," is an American possession in the middle Pacific within the Micronesia subregion, 2300 miles west of Hawaii and 2000 miles southeast of Tokyo. The coral atoll comprises three islands and roughly 2.8 square miles of dry land. In recognition of its importance during WWII in the Pacific and to thousands of species of sea birds, fish, and other oceanic flaura and fauna today, Wake Island is designated as both a National Historic Landmark and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. | ||||
