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  • CTF-72 Participates in Sea Dragon Exercise

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM - The U.S. Navy and its maritime partners kicked off operations for the multilateral exercise Sea Dragon 2020, Jan 20.Maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) from Commander Task Force (CTF) 72 will train with units from the U.S., Royal Australian Air Force

  • VP-45 Crew Locates Missing Mariner in Pacific

    PACIFIC OCEAN- The crew of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 located a missing mariner and his vessel during a Search and Rescue (SAR) operation Jan 17.The crew of the P-8A located the vessel approximately 50 nautical miles from last known location, Jan 13.  The crew deployed a

  • Stop by AFE before flight

    69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron aircrew flight equipment Airmen pose for a photo at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 16, 2020. AFE Airmen are charged with maintaining survival equipment used by pilots. AFE Airmen directly support the Continuous Bomber Presence, a mission that routinely forward

  • Andersen Air Force Base holds largest Joint Aircraft Fire Training

    Tech. Sgt. Jordan Salas, a fire training NCO in charge, assigned to the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam conducts a live fire training burn, January 8, 2020, at AAFB. The joint-training allowed 28 firefighters from Yap, Palau, Chuuk, Saipan, Rota, Guam Airport and the 36th

  • Operation Christmas Drop delivers critical supplies, holiday spirit

    Now in its 68th year, Operation Christmas Drop has not only served as the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands like Woleia, but has also served as a coming together for elders and their communities on their respective islands across