Articles

  • Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting personnel feel the heat

    U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 and Airmen with the Andersen Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services, 36th Civil Engineer Squadron extinguish a fire during a controlled burn exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 28, 2021.

  • Andersen Air Force base provides COVID-19 relief to Vietnam

    The 36th Contracting Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam recently partnered with the government of Vietnam to help bring COVID-19 relief by purchasing and sending 77 ultra-low temperature freezers at a total value of $691,000.

  • PACIRON flight line viewing engagement

    Pacific Iron 2021 provides effective, flexible, and capabilities-centered forces, ready for deployment worldwide, and enables real-world proficiency in response to a crisis.

  • First Army Exercise Forager 21 gets a lift from 36th AS

    Aircrew assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron helped transport Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with the 1st Airborne Brigade and U.S. Army Soldiers with 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Special Forces Group, to a drop zone in Guam to test their jumping capabilities.

  • Gunfighters Conduct Integrated Combat Turns in the Pacific

    While Gunfighters are no stranger to the rapid rearming and refueling of an F-15E Strike Eagle in areas such as U.S. Central Command and the continental United States, it’s important these techniques are tested in new environments like the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

  • Multi-capable joint communications team connects for PACIRON 21

    Airmen from the 673rd Communications Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the 644th Combat Communications Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, are showing what it means to be multi-capable while deployed supporting Operation Pacific Iron 2021.

  • Pacific Iron 2021: A Fast, Flexible Force

    U.S. Air Force service members from the Pacific Air Forces participated in Operation Pacific Iron, a PACAF dynamic force employment operation taking place in July 2021. Kadena Air Base, home of the 18th Wing, was an indispensable asset in the operation, providing communications throughout PACAF via

General Information