Alaska's Invisible Labor Force Crashes Down to Earth A charter plane carrying two pilots and six passengers crashed at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport in rural Alaska last Thursday, killing all eight on board.
The US military maintains a network of remote radar sites across the state, where this plane was likely performing a critical mission.
The crash has exposed the invisible underbelly of American life: the lives lost in service to national security. Alaskan Command Commander Lt. Gen.