Ka kammala wannan magana: a watan Yuni na shekara ta 1942, Jafananci
sun kai hari kan Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Rundunar sojan sama ta jirgin sama ta koma Fort Glenn Army Air Base, a tsibirin Umnak, Alaska don karfafa rukunin 28th Composite a cikin tsibirin Aleutian, ta amfani da Consolidated B-24 Liberator da samfurin LB-30 na Liberator. A watan Satumba, sauran 'yan tawagar sun shiga shi a Alaska. Squadron sau da yawa yana aiki daga cibiyoyin ci gaba a cikin Aleutian Chain. A ranar 14 ga Satumba, tare da Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 404 na Rukunin 28, ta gudanar da hari na farko daga Filin Jirgin Sama na Adak, wani hari kan sojojin ruwan Japan a Kiska. A watan Fabrairun 1943, sojojin Amurka sun mamaye Amchitka, kuma rundunar ta fara aiki daga Amchitka Army Air Field. A ranar 18 ga Yuli, rundunar ta ba da jiragen sama waɗanda, tare da jiragen sama daga rundunar ta 36 da ta 404, suka kai hari kan Shimushu da Paramushiru a Tsibirin Kuril. Ko da yake harin ya haifar da lalacewa kaɗan, shi ne na farko da aka kai wa Japan kanta bayan Doolittle Raid.