Wow, does that bring back memories! I must say that is a very, very rare day with such excellent weather! I flew the RC-135S Cobra Ball in & out of Shemya 1982-1984 from an Alert Posture against the Soviet Union. Our crews deployed out there for 2-3 weeks at a time. The weather on the "Rock" was considered the absolute worst in the world that took a deadly toll in crashed or damaged aircraft. Horrible wind shears & gusting crosswinds combined with 1/2 mile or less visibilities, poor runway surface conditions, short approach lighting, short runway, and rising terrain illusions were more typical conditions. There were cliffs at the end of each runway. Combined with a divert base 3 hours away made for many a white knuckled approach! My first approach in there, our relatively heavy 210,000lb RC-135S was getting bounced around like a ping pong ball! (We weren't in Kansas anymore, Toto!) For operations, crews launched from a Hanger Klaxon Alert, day or night, & had to be airborne in 15 minutes after the Klaxon went off. The Strategic Air Command hand picked the 10-12 Cobra Ball/Eye Pilots qualified for Shemya Ops. They had to be 2500+hour Instructor Pilots with Receiver Air Refueling & Reverse Thrust Qualifications & pass the highest security clearance the government had. One Cobra Ball aircraft crashed there killing 6 crewmembers & destroying the $500+ million dollar aircraft. While I was there, a USAF C-5 crashed short of the runway & tore up its belly & landing gear. Although it sounds kinda grim, the people stationed there & the crews who deployed were nothing short of awesome! I'll always cherish those days! Thanks for the memory! Cheers, Lt Col Jet

did that 20 to 30 times on a starlifter. this is the nicest day I've seen there. usually clouds, rain or snow. flew over shemya maybe 100 times at night. only saw the lights twice.

Looks almost idyllic. I flew out there in '68 on Alaska Airlines 727. Left in '69 on a C-141.

I am retired DoD, and always loved going to remote locals like Shemya (yup, I'm weird...my kids still tell me that)!! Also , Dale Brown wrote about Shemya in his (wonderful love story about a modified B52) book "Flight of the Old Dog"...fairly nice fictionalized portrayal of Shemya (until it got nuked.....)!

Back in the days of propeller-driven aircraft, commercial airlines (doing the Canada/Asia route) used the airport as a refueling stop.

The ole weather log in front of flight ops was wet and leaning a bit when I was blessed to meet the fox’es trying to get into our c-130 from Kodiak air station. Thanks for the video. Semper Paratus!

Was stationed there '73 - '74. Worked in the weather station. Lived in a 7 man barracks.

Always an exciting start to a TDY! Whoever CGI’d the beautiful weather is awesome!!😂

in the Squadron the stood up Cobra Dane 1976. I don’t remember any day that clear in my year there! Reeves Aleutian Airline turboprop would just pop out of the clouds at about 2000 feet and do a cross wind landing as I remember it

Runway looks brand new. What a great video!

Great video. Thanks for sharing this. Looks a little different from when I landed there in November, 1968 to begin my 12 month "isolated" tour with the U.S. Air Force. It started snowing while we were walking from the USAF C-141 to base operations...and hardly ever stopped from that point on, it seemed! LOL An unusual tour of duty, but I wouldn't have traded it for anything. This was long before they "modernized" Shemya, and certainly no women allowed there in those days, except the few that showed up on the occasional USO Tour. It was all pretty basic, and once you were there, you were there for the duration. Made some lasting friendships there.

I was there 81-82. Security Police. I responded to the Cobra Ball crash. Really fucked up night that was.

just followed a 747 Polar Air cargo plane on Flightradar24 make an emergency landing here.....that must've been pretty exciting too. Thanks for posting this to see what it must've been like.

This is a Marine C-9. Approach is usually 140-150 kts. Roll out isn't that short. I think the video cut out pre-maturely.

Wow, what a random video to see today. I was on an American Airlines flight that had an emergency landing there. We even had hamburgers in the chow hall.

Looks like a beautiful day in Shemya.....landed here in '70 as a crew chief on a KC-135 out of Fairchild. Mid winter white blizard going on with nothing in site but radar domes. Expedited our refueling and was very motivated in getting airborne again.

I would go back Tomorrow if I could. Class of 71-72

anybody out there flying in VQ1 69 70 especially crew 4 doing missions from this base,bringing in fresh fruit and milk for the AF guys, they would pay you $4 for a quart of milk and $2 for an orange.we all made a killing..lol. Hey ,and quit whinning the guys that had duty on this rock loved us..believe me they had money to burn..all they had was powered milk and eggs back then...lol,those were the days..

thanks for the great video,

I was there in '57. enough said

I almost died there! I was sick when we landed, went to see station Doc, he said I had pneumonia and wasn't very happy that we were there! He was afraid I would infect the people there on the Island and made me stay in my room for 3 days!

2 short tours there. It's like the tip of the end of the world.

Who the hell disliked this? What is there to thumbs-down? The internet is weird :/

I have been there many times in the USAF.

Friendly foxes still there to greet you?

Very impressive landing at one of the greatest places on earth *not to be* .

Nice landing......Summer day no cross winds. In 78 on C141 we went around.

Spent some time on the Rock with 663/664

And cathay landed there as an emergency landing

I worked out here, we flew in on the G2.

Can you see Russia from your kitchen window in Shemya? Is this a Russian name? Pretty close to Semia, which means "family" in Russian!

What type of aircraft is this? Approach seems slow with a really short rollout.

Jesus! How many years did he spend in the Navy? (make potholes much?)

wau me puse a mirar Google mapas encontré esta pequeñas islas sigo la cordillera que hay al parecer estas islas son milenarias por que si te fijas el océano las cubrió nuestro mundo es algo que nunca vaz a descubrir mucho menos el universo

Hi, I am writing from a TV production company in the UK called Title Role. We are currently making a documentary series about flights. Each episode will feature a number of different stories ranging from major incidents down to smaller events with private planes. We would love to use your footage in one of our episodes. Please could you email me at Joannahunt@titlerole.co.uk to discuss this further. Many Thanks