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  • Air Force builds medical facility, improves medical care for Palau

    The Civil Action Team program, a joint humanitarian operation, recently opened a new Air Force-built medical facility on the Micronesian island of Palau. The $150,000 Airai Clinic, built by more than a dozen Air Force civil engineers, opened May 5 and will provide basic medical care to the local

  • Team Andersen pool to get facelift

    The base pool reopened here March 9, but it won't remain open for long. During a town hall meeting held at the base theater Feb. 27, Brig. Gen. Phil Ruhlman, 36th Wing commander, announced the pool's new hours of operations and the base's plans for renovating the pool. Andersen's base pool reopened

  • Skyline Flight Kitchen moves closer to flightline

    Andersen's Skyline Flight Kitchen has recently changed locations, moving closer to the flightline to better serve its customers. It is now fully operational. The flight kitchen relocated next to the 734th Air Mobility Squadron passenger terminal April 29 in the space where Winchell's previously was

  • Air Force programs help Airmen earn commission

    The Air Force encourages its Airmen to excel on all levels including education - so much so, that it's a requirement to be able to advance in rank. Education is important throughout a member's career no matter if it's four years or 20. Education is essential for Airmen in their careers in the Air

  • Andersen youth have fun, get fit during Fun and Fitness Week

    More than 150 students, ranging from pre-kindergarteners to fifth-graders, participated in Fun and Fitness Week, a program designed to promote healthy living among children, May 5-8 at Andersen Elementary School here. Physical education teachers Dialma Cartagena and Josephine Pinto organized the

  • Air Force fiscal 2010 budget reflects rebalanced priorities

    Air Force officials here announced May 7 that its portion of the president's $3.4 trillion fiscal 2010 federal budget reflects a balanced strategy to prevail in today's joint fight and sustain air, space and cyberspace dominance. The two overarching principles guiding next year's budget are

  • ‘Smooth Move’ program simplifies PCS process

    Chances are there's been a time or two when you felt like pulling your hair out during a permanent change of station. However, thanks to the Airman and Family Readiness Center's "Smooth Move" program, a PCS can be an enjoyable process. Because wing officials recognize the importance of the program,

  • PACAF, Annual award winner recognized as Team Andersen's 'Top Performer'

    A noncommissioned officer from the 36th Medical Support Squadron recently took home the 2008 NCO of the Year award for the 36th Wing, as well as Pacific Air Forces' 2008 Health Plans Management NCO of the Year award. Those achievements make Staff Sgt. Jamie Brewer, TRICARE Service Center

  • Team Andersen helps local community at soap box derby

    Nearly 50 Team Andersen members pulled together to make the annual soap box derby held at the Yigo drag strip May 9 a success. The event, sponsored by the Big Brother Big Sister Organization, takes several days and approximately eight hours of volunteer work to set up. "Since Andersen has been

  • Operation Linebacker provides lessons for long-duration sorties

    This month marks the 37th anniversary of Operation Linebacker I - an air operation executed from Andersen Air Force Base aimed at disrupting North Vietnamese supply routes and reinforcement units fighting in the south. Today, long-endurance air missions like Polar Lightning, in which 13th

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