Articles

  • Tough as Lightning

    Capt. Jacob Stawski, now 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron electronic warfare officer, said he would never forget his first flight.

  • Global Hawk redeploys from Yokota Air Base to Andersen Air Force Base

    Pacific Air Forces redeployed a squadron of 319th Reconnaissance Wing Global Hawk RQ-4s from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 20, 2019.The three-month deployment kept operations running smoothly during the summer typhoon-season, when inclement weather has a higher

  • Embedded Resiliency: Chaplain serves the CRG

    In today’s Air Force, resiliency is everything. Here at Andersen AFB, the Contingency Response Group is adopting an idea from Air Force Special Operations Command to better serve their Airmen’s mental, spiritual, and intrinsic needs in a rapidly changing environment.

  • Combined Federal Campaign kicks off at Andersen AFB

    The Combined Federal Campaign launched its 2019 campaign on 4 October 2019, inviting federal employees and retirees to give to participating charities. The CFC is the official workplace giving campaign of the federal government.

  • Andersen's Dynamic Duo

    The young boy was on his way to a unit potluck, and he wondered what new information he would learn that night. The unit potluck was for what is now Detachment 2, 21st Space Operations Squadron.Little did Joel N. Chalmers know that the conversations at those potlucks would eventually lead him to

  • The Guiding Voice

    The air traffic control tower, a sentry for Andersen’s flightline, sits in the golden glow of the sunset. Air traffic controllers man the cab of the tower, waiting, ready to assist any aircraft that flies into the airspace.Whether the aircraft is returning from a Continuous Bomber Presence mission

  • Andersen’s air advisors play vital role in Pacific unity

    The 36th Contingency Response Group is very active in multilateral exercises, disaster responses and wartime mission readiness. The CRG is a rapid-deployment unit designed to be a "first-in" force to secure an airfield and establish and maintain airfield operations. Within the CRG, is the 36th

  • Team Andersen remembers 9/11

    Members of Team Andersen attend a September 11 memorial ceremony on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 11, 2019. Today marks the 18th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The 36th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department hosted a memorial ceremony followed by a memorial

  • Andersen’s Defenses Keeping with the Times

    In an effort to increase the lethality of the warfighter, the Air Force announced earlier this year that the 30-year-old M9 pistol would be put to rest and that the new workhorse, the Sig Sauer M18 pistol, would be taking its place.The 36th Security Forces Squadron recently received the M18 and have

  • Andersen’s B-52 assists in search and rescue

    The 69th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron, assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and good samaritans aboard the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) vessel Isl Star, rescued eight mariners aboard the 60-foot Indonesian-flagged fishing vessel KM Aleluya

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