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  • EOD warehouse opens at Northwest Field; provides training opportunities

    RED HORSE Airmen from across the U.S. Air Force deployed to Guam for five months to construct a new explosive ordnance disposal warehouse at Northwest Field.The new $915,000 facility was built to store items such as Humvees, bomb suits, EOD robots and sensitive training equipment. The warehouse will

  • Combat arms instructors build effective marksmen

    A red flag waves at the entrance of the Andersen Air Force Base firing range, warning personnel passing by that firing is in process. On the range, military members and civilians train with combat arms instructors from the 36th Security Forces Squadron to ensure personnel are meeting training

  • Continuous Bomber Presence Airframe Changeover

    The U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancers are scheduled to deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 6 Aug. 2016 for the first time since April 2006 in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission. The B-1’s will replace the B-52’s currently deployed from Minot AFB, N.D. While this is

  • Guam's 72nd Liberation Day Parade

    U.S Service members and local citizens participate in the 72nd Guam Liberation Day parade July 21, 2016, in Hagåtña, Guam. Liberation Day is celebrated every year on July 21 to mark the day Guam was liberated by U.S armed forces from Japanese occupation during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Andersen Airmen participate in B-52 loading exercise

    Airmen from the 36th Maintenance Group participated in a 12 hourlong munitions loading exercise July 13, 2016 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The exercise tested their ability to quickly and safely load a B-52H Stratofortress with munitions. The ability to properly load an aircraft with munitions

  • Trapped below and running out of air

    On Memorial Day Weekend 2016, my friend Ben and I departed on a routine spearfishing trip. That afternoon was perfect for being on and in the water. We were catching fish like it was no one’s business. At 4 p.m., we noticed a large Parrotfish approximately 40 feet down near the bottom. The depth was

  • Through the thick of it: Airmen, Soldiers tackle joint jungle training

    Veiled in darkness, two MH-60 Seahawks cut through the humid night air heading toward a landing zone in an abandoned military building complex.Inside each helicopter, Airmen and Soldiers take deep final breaths attempting to calm their nerves. A crew chief turns his head then alerts everyone onboard

  • HSC-25 Assists in Recovery of Distressed Personnel Off Tinian

    ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – An MH-60S from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, assisted in the recovery of two persons in distress 13 miles northwest of the Northern Mariana island of Tinian, June 18.The MH-60S Knighthawk was able to locate and relay the