June 13, 2015 Drink up: Airmen train to purify warfighter water At Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, specially trained Airmen are able to turn untested water into potable H2O.
June 12, 2015 Game changer: Airman gives back, grows as mentor to high school football team For almost a month now, Senior Airman Presley Griffith, a 36th Mobility Response Squadron executive assistant, spends three evenings per week coaching free preseason conditioning training for prospective high school football players at Guam High School.
May 9, 2015 Water, fuel systems maintainers work around clock to keep up flow Many may not know, but underneath every person's feet at Andersen Air Force Base lie unseen miles of pipeline.
May 5, 2015 USDA dogs sniff out snakes With the utilization of 17 active-detector dog teams, 3,400 traps and toxicants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture captured approximately 8,300 brown tree snakes on Guam last year.
April 18, 2015 Husband, wife tackle first deployment together, support bomber presence B-52H Stratofortress teams have been rotating to Andersen Air Force Base for the last 11 years to maintain the U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence (CBP). Hundreds of Airmen deploy every six months to support this mission that strengthens regional security and stability of the
March 2, 2015 US, Japan, Australia team up during air combat training Pilots from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian air force conducted large force employment (LFE) training here Feb. 19-27, as part of exercise Cope North 2015.
Feb. 23, 2015 Natural disaster response improved at Cope North 15 More than 300 service members from six countries joined together to conduct the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) portion of exercise Cope North 15 from Feb. 15 to 18, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and throughout the region of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Feb. 18, 2015 Cope North 15 kicks off at Andersen Exercise Cope North 15 kicked off at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 15, and will run through Feb. 27, marking the 86th iteration of the multilateral training exercise.
Dec. 19, 2014 Andersen pays tribute to fallen Airmen during Linebacker II ceremony Andersen Air Force Base had its 42nd annual Linebacker II Remembrance Ceremony at Dec. 18, remembering the Andersen-based service members who lost their lives in support of Operation Linebacker II in 1972.
Dec. 19, 2014 RED HORSE joins Navy, local Guam engineers for concrete course Several Airmen from the 554th RED HORSE Squadron and Guam Air National Guard's 254th RED HORSE Squadron teamed up with U.S. Navy Sailors from Naval Base Guam to participate in the island's first joint concrete American Concrete Institute (ACI) field concrete testing program Dec. 9-12.
Dec. 8, 2014 Remains of missing Airman in Guam confirmed Leadership from the 2nd Bomb Wing confirmed the loss of Airman Alec Dye during a press briefing here Dec. 6.
Nov. 20, 2014 SecAF visits Guam during Pacific tour Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited here Nov. 19-20, to meet with Airmen and gain a better understanding of the central role the island base plays within Pacific Command as part of engagements at Pacific Air Force bases.
Sept. 19, 2014 Guam RED HORSE Airmen provide lifesaving training Firefighters from Andersen Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam joined with their island partners from the Guam Fire Department to develop the skills to perform high-risk rescues by participating in a three-week Defense Department Rescue Technician Course here in September.
Sept. 6, 2014 CMSAF discusses enlisted evaluation changes during Andersen all call Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody met with Airmen during an all call Aug. 26, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to discuss the upcoming changes in the Air Force.
Aug. 27, 2014 B-2 Spirits depart Andersen following routine deployment Three B-2 Spirits redeployed to the continental U.S. following a deployment here as part of U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region.
Feb. 26, 2014 Exercise Cope North provides real-world humanitarian assistance The 36th Wing on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, along with exercise planners expanded an exercise Cope North scenario to include real-life humanitarian assistance for Rota.