Aniak is a city in the Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, Aniak had a population of 507.
Aniak Landing Field, 1944
Shoreline of the Kuskokwim River at Aniak
On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, who founded a
Aniak, Alaska
…Sam (ca. 1893–ca. 1974), a Yup'ik community leader was born here Matt Bissonnette, a former United States Navy SEAL and author who participated in Operation Neptune Spear. Aniak at the Community Database Online from the Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs…
Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, May 4, 2011
CIA aerial photo of the compound
Situation Room: The U.S. national security team, with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden (left), and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gathered in the White House Situation Room to monitor the progress of the operation
USS Carl Vinson conducting flight operations in the Persian Gulf (April 4, 2011)