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  • "Cart-Starts" help keep Warbirds ready to respond at moments notice

    Airmen assigned to the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron have recently been showcasing the B-52 Stratofortress's ability to respond to threats at a moment's notice. Throughout the month of December, Deployed Minot Airmen have been launching aircraft by a method known as cartridge

  • 36th Wing honors fallen during 36th Linebacker II ceremony

    Team Andersen honored the Airmen who lost their lives participating in Operation Linebacker II during the 36th Linebacker II ceremony at Arc Light Memorial Park here Dec. 18. Operation Linebacker II was conducted from Dec. 18, 1972 to Dec. 29, 1972 after peace talks between the U.S. and North

  • PACAF centralizes fit testing

    Airmen across PACAF will soon see a change in their fitness testing procedures as the command moves to centralize all fit testing under base health and wellness centers by March of 2009. After receiving feedback from across the command, Gen. Howie Chandler, Pacific Air Forces commander, directed the

  • Harlem Globetrotters give Andersen a show

    The Harlem Globetrotters may have begun as sideshow entertainers at Savoy Ballroom in Chicago in 1926, but they have grown to represent a worldwide phenomenon. The world-famous Globetrotters visited Andersen Air Force Base, toured operations, conducted a sports clinic and a played an exhibition game

  • Team Andersen's Cookie Caper an overwhelming success

    Before the sun came up on the morning of Dec. 15, the annual base-wide Cookie Caper was up and running. Volunteers gathered at the Chapel 2 Annex to assemble cookie bags for Airmen who live in the dorms and Airmen deployed here during the holidays. This long-standing tradition is truly a community

  • F-22As scheduled to deploy to Japan, Guam

    The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to deploy two contingents of F-22A Raptors to the Pacific theater in January 2009 for approximately three months. Current plans call for 12 of the fighters to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and another 12 to deploy to Andersen Air

  • Band of the Pacific's Alaska Brass unleashes holiday cheer on Guam

    The U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific's Alaska Brass kicked off its tour of Guam with a one-hour performance at the Base Exchange Dec. 15. "I thought the Alaska Brass visit was incredible," said Senior Airman Chloe Rainey, 36th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician from the women's health

  • 36th FSS to hold Customer Appreciation month throughout January

    Throughout January, the 36th Force Support Squadron will thank its customers during the annual Customer Appreciation Month celebration. This year's theme is "Spin & Win." The "Spin and Win" theme means a prize wheel will be set up on certain days and at various Services locations throughout the