9 Sep 2018

Andersen AFB to stand up emergency shelters

Emergency Shelter locations are as follows: - PRIMARY: Fitness Center, Phone: 366-6100 (Bldg 25045). Map attached. - SECONDARY: Youth Center, Phone: 366-3492/3490 (Bldg 1622). Map attached. - Both shelter locations will open at noon 10 Sep and close at TCCOR 1E. - Both shelter locations will reopen at TCCOR 1R.

9 Sep 2018

Guam in COR 1

Governor Eddie Baza Calvo places Guam in Condition of Readiness (COR) 1. COR1 means destructive winds are possible within the next 12 hours.

9 Sep 2018

TYPHOON MANGKHUT UPDATE: Guam in COR 2

Guam is now in Condition of Readiness (COR) 2. Governor Eddie Baza Calvo and Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, Commander, Joint Region Marianas have placed the island and military installations, respectively, in COR 2 as of 7 p.m.

8 Sep 2018

Tropical Storm Update: Governor Declares Guam in COR 3; Residents Urged to Continue to Prepare

Governor Eddie Baza Calvo and Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, commander, Joint Region Marianas, placed Guam and the military bases, respectively, in Condition of Readiness (COR) 3 at 7 p.m. (ChST) this evening. COR 3 means damaging winds of 39-57 mph are expected within 48 hours. The tropical storm will continue its westward track and is expected to intensify, possibly becoming a Category 4 typhoon by the time it reaches Guam, with Tuesday 11 a.m. being its anticipated closest point of approach (CPA). It is important to still prepare for the worst-case-scenario of a Category 5 typhoon.

7 Sep 2018

COR 4 Destructive winds possible within 72 hours

The National Weather Service (NWS), Guam Weather Forecast Office continues to monitor a Tropical Depression that is expected to become a typhoon by the time it makes its closest point of approach to Guam by late Tuesday evening, early Wednesday.

7 Sep 2018

Shadow Patrol

A full moon coats the stark-black sky. Sensory noise from in and out of the yornebush speaks to the primeval forest at Northwest Field, the backyard of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. It is past midnight: the hour of the wolf. Feral and noxious noises generating from the foliage signal the fauna that populates the jungle out here. Although they’re obscured by dense foliage and intermittently clouded skies, the wildlife out at Northwest field makes noise without ceasing. A diverse set of species including the Philippine deer, wild boars, brown-tree snakes, banana spiders, packs of feral canines, butterflies, and other vertebrates and spineless beasts vocalize their selves in the jungle, disturbing the quiet night. However, this orchestra of non-predatory animals attracts a predator of a very distinct sort to Northwest Field: poachers.

29 Aug 2018

Stratotankers, Fueling the fight from above

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Since the first aircraft was flown in 1903, the daring have charged toward maximizing the time an aircraft can remain flying. The greatest challenge being a limited amount of on-board fuel supply.

21 Aug 2018

Sequenced bomber missions to Australia showcase alliance

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers, assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted two sequential bilateral training missions to Australia as part of exercise Pitch Black 18.

18 Aug 2018

Historic Summit Revitalizes Airman

Several Airmen across the world were selected to assist in the historical moment of the first ever meeting between President Donald J. Trump and Kim Jong-un at Singapore June 12, 2018, including two Airmen from the 36th Mobility Response Squadron (MRS) here at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. For Airman 1st Class Skyler Harding, a 36th Mobility Response Squadron aerial transportation technician, from small town Grants Pass, Oregon, the summit revitalized his decision on joining the United States Air Force (USAF).

16 Aug 2018

B-2s begin Indo-Pacific deployment