Wake Island fuel tanker offload operations
Wake Island, a U.S. Territory under administrative control of the Department of the Air Force, is less than 3 square miles – half the size of Key West, Florida – and is a refueling stop for military aircraft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean located roughly 2,300 miles west of Honolulu and 1,500 miles east of Guam. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo.