Air Force Board visits Andersen Published April 8, 2008 By 36th Wing Public Affairs ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- About 30 members of the Air Force Board visited Team Andersen April 5 for a first-hand look at Andersen's Airmen and its mission. The visit allowed Team Andersen members an opportunity to show the positive impact of the board's funding decisions and gave board members a better understanding of the scope, range and diversity of the wing's mission and the challenges it faces. While here, the board received a mission brief, toured the flightline, Northwest Field, base dorms and had an opportunity to eat lunch with Airmen at the Magellan Inn. The Air Force Board provides general officer and civilian equivalents review, evaluation and recommendations for cross-functional consideration of the most critical Air Force issues. Objectives, policies, plans, programs, budgets and studies are reviewed and evaluated by the board before recommendations are made to the Air Force Council. The board's ultimate strength lies within its broad representative span that allows issues to be thoroughly evaluated before the most critical issues are sent to the Air Force Council. [Air Mobility Command Public Affairs contributed to this article]