Editing King Salmon, Alaska (section)

== History ==
In the 1930s, the U.S. government built an air navigation silo at the site of present-day King Salmon. At the beginning of World War II, the [[U.S. Army Air Forces]] built an air base around the silo. It was maintained by the [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]] throughout the war.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] constructed a {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} long road from King Salmon to Naknek. Other government agencies, such as the [[National Park Service]], Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the [[United States Weather Bureau]], built facilities at King Salmon. The King Salmon Inn opened in 1956.

King Salmon is now a government, transportation, and service and shipment center for the commercial [[red salmon]] and [[sport fishing]] industries.

The Air Force base closed in 1994, and is kept in caretaker status (mothballed) by [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]-based Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc. [[King Salmon Airport]] is now a public access airport.

King Salmon is one of the sites of [[Super Dual Auroral Radar Network]].

In 2010, a local National Weather Service employee and his wife were involved in a [[domestic terrorism]] plot that had proceeded to the operational phase. A hit list of 20 people that included media and military personnel was found.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-23-la-na-adv-alaska-terrorists-20100723-1-story.html "Terrorism case baffles remote Alaska town. The FBI says the weatherman in tiny King Salmon, aided by his wife, had an assassination list and was an adherent of Islamic extremism". ''Los Angeles Times'' July 23, 2010]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100820102939/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iUWS4S_tNEuhTRTdKZCFEnYU2QdQD9HKUSD80 Feds: Alaska couple had 20 names on hit list AP August 16, 2010]</ref>