14 Aug 2020

20th Air Force Veteran Reflects on Maintaining B-29s on Guam, 75 Years Since End of World War II

When Sergeant John Dellinger watched the 3d Marine Division—his assigned B-29 aircraft, not the military ground force—take-off for Mission No. 330 on the afternoon of August 14, 1945, he was unaware it would be the last Allied combat run of the Second World War.

10 Aug 2020

Andersen AFB scheduled to conduct explosives training Aug. 14

The 554th RED HORSE Demolition Team will conduct explosives training from 8:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. Aug. 14 at the quarry near Northwest Field.

6 Aug 2020

Andersen now under HPCON Bravo with additional measures

Due to the low infection percentage of COVID-19 across the island, increased capacity for rapid response and mitigation, and after consultation with the Public Health Emergency Officer (PHEO), Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) is authorized to transition to Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Bravo with additional measures.

4 Aug 2020

36th CRG hosts Exercise MACHETE GREEN

COVID-19 has disrupted many plans for governments, businesses, and military operations, but in some ways has created unique opportunities.

4 Aug 2020

Harnessing Resilience to Overcome Invisible Wounds and Regain Control over Life

Reality hit when then Airman First Class Brittany Johnson of the 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron left the hospital in September 2010 after a week-long stay for sexual and physical assault. “I didn’t feel like myself,” recalls Johnson, now a Technical Sergeant with the 36th Civil Engineering Squadron. “I couldn’t find joy in activities anymore.”

3 Aug 2020

Andersen KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone Pacific island

Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG deployed here, were the first to locate three missing mariners during a search and rescue mission in the Federated States of Micronesia southwest of Guam, Aug. 2, 2020 (ChST).

28 Jul 2020

GHS/OCD, JRM, NBG, and AAFB to Conduct Routine Testing of Advanced Warning Systems

The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense (GHS/OCD), Joint Region Marianas (JRM), U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG), and Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) will conduct routine testing of the vital communication and advance warning system sirens, respectively, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, starting at 3:15 p.m.

21 Jul 2020

Guam's 76th Liberation Day

Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, 36th Wing commander; and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Heilman, 36th Wing

20 Jul 2020

Meet Team Andersen beyond the mission

“I am 19 years old and I’m from right outside of Houston, Texas. The beginning of my junior year I knew exactly what I wanted to do, join the Air Force. I wanted to be apart of something with structure and organization. I thrive on having a plan. I wanted to have a family to go to and be a part of.

15 Jul 2020

From stripes to a golden bar

On what seemed to be a normal Thursday morning, this defense paralegal wasn’t expecting to hear “Please hold for the Secretary of the Air Force,” during a daily brief of her workload for the day. The SecAF had one more task to add to her list: become an officer.