F-35B Lightning IIs fly over Wake Island, August 1. 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 strategic 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. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr.