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  • 36th EAMXS prepare to pack it up, go home

    Anticipation is setting in as Airmen from the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are beginning to pack up and redeploy back to Barksdale Air Force Base. Although they're anxious to return home, rushing through preparation procedures, and winding down the operations tempo or bringing

  • Farewell celebration turns into livesaving effort

    A going-away celebration for a fire department member at a local bar turned into a life-saving event when five Airmen provided emergency medical care to a local man. On May 10, several members of the fire department and one from the 36th Medical Group were attending a going-away party at Karisma

  • Andersen Transient Alert services two F-22 Raptors

    Two F-22s visited Andersen recently following their first-ever overseas deployment. For the transient alert maintenance crews, it was their first opportunity to work with the Air Force's newest fighter. According to Glen Walker, the contract manager for the 36th Maintenance Squadron's transient

  • Chief Wicks retires after 30 years service

    After 30 years of service, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Wicks relinquished his position as the 36th Wing Command Chief in a retirement ceremony Wednesday at the Oceanview Conference Center. After his devout service to his country, Chief Wicks had a hard time saying goodbye. "I look back on my career and

  • General praises UCI efforts

    Please let me extend my heartfelt thanks to all those that worked diligently to prepare the wing for the PACAF Unit Compliance Inspection. We have come a long way since last spring when the 36th Wing celebrated its redesignation from the 1990s caretaker status to a 21st Century premier platform that

  • Guam USO holds military appreciation weekend

    When he formed Confederate Railroad in the early 1990s, Danny Shirley had no idea nearly 20 years later his band would one day play in far off and exotic places such as a naval base on Guam. But that realization happened for the band's lead singer as he and the rest of the group performed at the

  • Barksdale B-52 unit arrives

    More than 300 Airmen from the 20th Bomb Squadron, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., will arrive on Guam Saturday to begin a four-month deployment here. The 20th BS is replacing the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, also from Barksdale. The expeditionary warriors of the 20th EBS are part of a

  • Andersen awards $9 million contract to upgrade Northwest Field

    Core Tech International was recently awarded a $9 million military contract to provide water, sanitary sewer and electrical infrastructure at Northwest Field. The infrastructure will support the beddown of the 554th RED HORSE Squadron, combat communications, Commando Warrior and Silver Flag

  • Andersen B-52s, KC-135s support Cobra Gold

    Airmen from the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, currently deployed to Andersen, added a critical air component to the assets of U.S. and Thai military members in exercise Cobra Gold this week in the Kingdom of Thailand. The Airmen used the B-52 Stratofortress bomber's range and versatility to

  • HSC-25 places third in aircraft pull

    This was Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron-Two Five's second year participating in the Continental Airlines Plane Pull "Towing the Line to Save Lives." HSC-25's entry fees were donated by the HSC-25 Chief and Officers mess. The proceeds for this event went to the American Cancer Society. This year the