Articles

  • Volunteer spirit thrives at heritage hall museum

    Tucked in the 734th Air Mobility Squadron passenger terminal is a collection of artifacts that show Andersen Air Force Base’s rich heritage. Uniformed mannequins, paintings, photographs, models of planes and glass covered panels of written history fill the museum, telling the story of Andersen AFB

  • Andersen members observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Chief Master Sgt. Travis Owen, 734th Air Mobility Squadron aerial port superintendent, serves an Airman a piece of cake during the Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance luncheon Jan. 14, 2016, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The event featured several guest speakers to include students from Andersen

  • OHA increases for Junior Enlisted

    Overseas Housing Allowance recently increased for junior enlisted service members, opening the window for more options when house hunting in the local community. OHA is designed to partially offset housing expenses at overseas duty locations when service members live in privately leased housing on

  • Andersen reveals Open House displays

    Andersen Air Force Base will have a variety of aircraft displayed at the Pacific Air Partners Open House scheduled Feb. 20, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.The Pacific Air Partners Open House aircraft static displays will include the U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15C Eagle,

  • Bomber Airmen pay 80th anniversary tribute to volcano response

    Two B-52 Stratofortress aircrews assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, currently here as part of the U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence, conducted a bomber Airmen heritage flyover of the Mauna Loa volcano and training mission in Hawaii Dec. 28-30, 2015.The flyby was part

  • Memorial 6K held in honor of six fallen Airmen

    Service members join in a circle in memory of the six Airmen who were killed in late December while conducting counter-threat operations outside of Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. In honor of the four Air Force Office of Special Investigations special

  • Ohio Air National Guard unit prepares for Andersen deployment

    More than 200 Airmen with the 112th Fighter Squadron from Toledo Air National Guard Base, Ohio, are set to deploy mid-January to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as the 112th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in support of the U.S. Pacific Command Theater Security Package. The 112th EFS will assume the

  • Into thin air: liquid oxygen keeps pilots flying

    As an aircraft reaches a higher altitude, the air pressure decreases, sometimes leaving aircrews little air to breathe. When this happens, pilots and crew members are able to utilize the liquid oxygen provided by Airmen from the 36th Maintenance Squadron, thus enabling them to complete the