Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Don Funk, a Lansing, Mich., resident and former Coast Guard Loran A technician, stands on the steps of the current Loran station in Attu with Massacre Bay stretching out behind him Aug. 27... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Crewmen from Loran Station Attu make a final trek to the awaiting HC-130 Hercules airplane on the Attu runway following the decommissioning of the station after more than 66 years of servi... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Cmdr. Marc Sanders of Coast Guard Navigation Center Alexandria, Va., Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Rosenberg, commanding officer Loran Station Attu, and Cmdr. James Boyer of Coast Guard Distr... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Petty Officer 1st Class Vince Ornelas, an electronics technician, folds the Loran Station Attu national ensign for the final time following a decommissioning ceremony Aug. 27, 2010. Ornela... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Kinzel, an electronics technician, disconnects the final piece of communications equipment at Loran Station Attu, a VHF-FM radio used to contact the Coast Gu... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Boards cover the lower windows of the Loran C station on Attu Island Aug. 27, 2010, during the decommissiong ceremony. The building at Massacre Bay, originally a Navy weather observatory w... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - The final 20 man crew of Loran Station Attu, lead by Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Rosenberg (right) and Chief Petty Officer Alex Limonte (left), stands on the steps of decommissioned station... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Chief Petty Officer Alex Limonte, executive officer Loran Station Attu, sends the station's final messages following a decommissioning ceremony Aug. 27, 2010. Limonte is one of 20 men who ... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Ron Caswell, a former Coast Guard electronics technician and Loran technician, looks out over Attu Island and Massacre Bay from the steps of the Coast Guard Loran station Aug. 27, 2010, ju... More