Clear and present danger: Rapidly warming Arctic threatens Cold War radar sites

Col. Frank Flores is commands the PACAF Regional Support Center based at JBER. As part of his work, he visits the Air Force’s remote radar sites, and has been to 17 of the 21 so far, including a recent visit to Cape Romanzof. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
A group of strategic Air Force radar facilities along the North Slope are at an accelerated risk of degradation. Erosion driven by climate change is happening decades sooner than the military predicted, and the plan now