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Andersen AFB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Andersen AFB is in the village of Yigo, pronounced "Geego." There are plenty of recreational and travel opportunities which make Andersen a popular tour among the adventurous. Andersen Air Force Base opened as North Field in 1944, and was primarily used as a B-29 staging base in the Pacific during WWII. The wing, meanwhile, remained at Andersen AFB in an admini-strative and logistics capacity. www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/andersen.htm   (4494 words)

Andersen AFB - SAC - 43rd & 3960 Strategic Wings - B-52 Andersen Air Force Base is a 20,000-acre site located in the city of Yigo on the northern end of the island of Guam. Andersen would play a major part in the Vietnam conflict, when 27 B-52 bombers were launched from its runway June 18, 1965. Andersen also played a key role in Operation Baby Lift, an element of New Life in which the U.S. evacuated 1,500 orphans from Vietnam and Thailand in April 1975. www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Andersen_AFB.htm   (1026 words)

ATSDR - PHA - Anderson Air Force Base, Yigo, Guam Andersen AFB property overlies five of the six groundwater subbasins of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer: Yigo, Andersen, Agafo Gumas, Finegayan, and Mangilao (see Figure 2). Andersen AFB began monitoring groundwater in 1987 to characterize the distribution and concentrations of contaminants in groundwater associated with the base and its annexes: the Main Base, the Northwest Field, the MARBO Annex, and the Harmon Annex. On-site workers at Andersen AFB are not, have not been, and will not be exposed to contaminated soils except as part of their normal work responsibilities and material handling. www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/anderson/and_p2.html   (8986 words)

ATSDR - PHA - Anderson Air Force Base, Yigo, Guam Andersen Air Force Base (Andersen AFB) is made up of several parcels of land situated on the northern end of Guam, an unincorporated island territory of the United States. Land use at Andersen AFB is mixed: about 50% of the land is open space; 35% supports base operations (including a 1,750-acre airfield, aircraft maintenance and industrial areas, and base housing); and the remaining 15% supports community, recreation, and administrative functions (Andersen AFB 1999a). Andersen AFB is situated on a limestone plateau, bounded on the north, east, and west by steep cliffs rising 500 feet above sea level. www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/anderson/and_p1.html   (4306 words)

andersen Andersen Air Force Base, located on the northern end of the island of Guam, has been the focal point of United States Air Force strength in the Pacific Far East for more than 50 years. Today, Andersen AFB, due to its strategic importance as the most western American real estate available for use by the military, remains a viable and valuable asset absolutely necessary for the projection of global power by the United States. VRC-50 was relocated to Andersen AFB effective 1 August 1992 and remained until disestablishment on 1 October 1994. www.vrc-50.org /guam.htm   (2638 words)

Albert Grenier During this time the Vietnam war would be in full swing and Andersen was a stopover for the troops enroute to the country as well as the homebase of the B-52's used in the Bombing Campaigns. During the Vietnam era it was assigned to the 61st Airlft Wing at Andersen. When Uncle Albert was stationed at Andersen AFB in Guam, he worked on the flight line, Taxiing planes for parking and refueling. www.angelfire.com /va2/coldwar/albert2.html   (2229 words)

Air Force - Bases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Andersen AFB - Andersen Air Force Base is home to Pacific Air Forces’ 13th Air Force, the 36th Air Base Wing, Air Mobility Command’s 634th Air Mobility Support Squadron and several other tenant organizations. Hill AFB is responsible for worldwide logistics management for the nation's fleet of strategic intercontinental ballistic missiles, which includes the Minuteman and Peacekeeper missiles. Whitman AFB - Sixty miles southeast of Kansas City, nestled among the wooded, rolling hills of West-Central Missouri, and two miles south of Knob Noster, is the bustling community of Whiteman Air Force Base and its more than 10,000 military members, Department of Defense civilians and Air Force family members. www.eurpac.com /usaf2.htm   (2389 words)

News Release with Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Senior Airman Cleofe Ugalde and several of her co-workers from the 15th Services Squadron in Hickam AFB, Hawaii, came to Andersen to assist the dining facility, which was short-manned due to deployments. Airmen from multiple bases have teamed to repair Andersen AFB after Super Typhoon Pongsona ripped through the area Dec. 8 destroying many buildings on Guam and knocking out the island's power and telecommunications systems. With the help, the dining facility was able to open its doors and provide hot meals to base residents who no longer had power to prepare hot meals for their families. www2.hickam.af.mil /newsarchive/2002/2002329.htm   (806 words)

Open Directory - Regional:North America:United States:Government:Military:Air Force:Installations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Andersen AFB is located 2 miles north of Yigo, Guam, and was named for General James Roy Andersen, lost at sea on February 26, 1946. Cannon AFB was named for General John K. Cannon, WWII commander of all allied air forces in the Mediterranean and former TAC commander. Luke AFB is named for 2nd Lt. Frank Luke Jr., the first American aviator to receive the Medal of Honor, killed in action on September 29, 1918, in France. dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Air_Force/Installations/desc.html   (4578 words)

Guam Memorial The Arc Light Memorial at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is dedicated to the 75 men who lost their lives flying B-52 missions against Communist forces in Vietnam between 18 June 1965 and 15 August 1973. The Arc Light Memorial was originally conceived in late 1973 by Lt Gen George H. McKee, Eighth Air Force commander at the time and headquartered at Andersen AFB, as a memorial to Maj Gen William J. Crumm, an earlier Eighth Air Force commander, who was killed on 7 July 1967, flying an Arc Light mission. Andersen flights ceased temporarily in August 1970 and bombers from Okinawa stopped permanently the following month, but the Guam-based headquarters continued to control Arc Light forces. www.306thbw.org /306thhistory/history_GuamMemorial.htm   (1532 words)

Major Active Facilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Altus AFB, Okla., AETC, DSN 866-5110, commercial (580) 482-8100. Andersen AFB, Guam, PACAF, DSN 315-366-5678, commercial (from CONUS) (671) 366-1110. Tinker AFB, Okla., AFMC, DSN 884-1110, commercial (405) 732-7321. www.af.mil /news/airman/0103/majfac.html   (1761 words)

43rd Bomb Wing - SAC - Andersen AFB - B-52   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) The wing moved to Carswell AFB, Texas on March 15, 1960 and soon took delivery on the new supersonic bombers and it's new KC-135 jet tankers. One of its first duties was Category II and III evaluation of the hot new plane, which was made possible by the wing being assigned F-102 fighters, the only one that could even try to keep up the Hustler. In April 1970, the wing was moved to Anderson AFB, Guam, where it took over the B-52s and KC-135 of the 3960th Strategic Wing. www.strategic-air-command.com /Wings/0043bw.htm   (953 words)

Protected areas of the Pacific Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Data from Andersen AFB indicate a mean annual temperature of 26°C and a mean annual rainfall of 2343mm. On 7 October 1949 two of these, North Field and Northwest Field, were re-designated as Andersen Air Force Base in honour of Brigadier General James Roy Andersen, who served as the Chief of Staff for Headquarters, Pacific Ocean Area from 1944 until his death in 1946. Conservation Management Andersen AFB, of which the reserve is a part, is managed in accordance with numerous Department of Defence directives, Air Force Regulations, Public Laws, Territorial Laws, provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act and the 1988-1992 Andersen AFB Fish and Wildlife Management Plan. www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0378w.htm   (1059 words)

Andersen AFB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Andersen Air Force Base opened in late 1944 and was a major SAC base supporting B-52 and KC-135 operations during the Vietnam War. Base was operated by the 3960th Strategic Wing until April 1970 when it was replaced by the 43rd Strategic Wing. HQ 13th Air Force moved to Andersen AFB from Clark AB during 1991. www.zianet.com /jpage/airforce/history/bases/a/andersen.html   (146 words)

Bombers participate in Global Power missions in Pacific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM (ACCNS) - The "Spirit of Missouri" B-2 stealth bomber lands at Andersen AFB Sept. 9 after completing its first Global Power training mission. Three B-2s from Whiteman AFB, Mo., three B-52s from Barksdale AFB, La., and 269 support people deployed to Andersen Sept. 5 to participate in the training operations in the Pacific. ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM (ACCNS) - A B-52 from Barksdale AFB, La., returns to Andersen AFB after completing its first Global Power training mission. www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/bomber/980273.html   (133 words)

Military growth anticipated in Guam Both Andersen Air Force Base in the north and Naval Base Guam in the south anticipate big growth within the next several years, capitalizing on Guam's prime strategic location, its pro-military population, and its status as a U.S. territory. The Air Force anticipates investing $1 billion to $2 billion into Andersen AFB within the next five to 10 years, said Col. Steve Wolborsky, 36th AEW vice commander. Another one of Andersen's primary attractions is its access to airspace -- an access that continues to shrink in the continental United States, Europe, South Korea and Japan, Colonel White said. www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123008704   (610 words)

January 2003 Pacific Air Force News Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) The demonstration features Air Force long-range heavy bomber aircraft flying non-stop from Andersen AFB, Guam, and Dyess AFB, Texas, meeting, engaging and sinking multiple moving sea targets. Through real-time, all-weather technology, information will be fed from Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft to the Pacific Air Operations Center at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, enabling command and control elements to track multiple moving sea targets and feed information to airborne bomber pilots, allowing them to quickly engage and destroy the vessels. Affordable Moving Surface Target Engagement technology fuses data from multiple Joint STARS sensors to precisely locate and track mobile targets for extended lengths of time; this capability is available for both ground and maritime surface targets. www2.hickam.af.mil /pacaf/news/factsheet.htm   (284 words)

Air Force gives liberators tour of Andersen AFB's facilities Andersen Air Force Base hosted tours of the base in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of Guam's liberation from Japanese occupation. They did a lot for Guam and, of course, Andersen wants to do something and this is the least that we can do to bring them out to Andersen. Liberators were treated to lunch and then were taken out to visit a number of sites at Andersen. www.kuam.com /news/10320.aspx   (197 words)

computerrepair.webmailhq.com - computer repair providers Andersen AFB Guam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) If you are looking for computer repair services, we are a professional computer repair company located at PO Box # 647 in Sheridan, WY. We are dedicated with helping you with all your computer needs. Andersen AFB Guam computer repair services on computerrepair.webmailhq.com Andersen AFB, Guam computerrepair.webmailhq.com About Us Need us in Andersen AFB? computerrepair.webmailhq.com /Guam/AndersenAFB/guarantee.php3   (227 words)

The Official Website of Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo Presently, only one of the three hangers at Andersen AFB is fully operational, a situation which Bordallo described as an “emergency.” “This new reinforced concrete aircraft hangar will be typhoon proof,” said Bordallo adding that it will feature state-of-the-art climate control, an important element given Guam’s tropical climate conditions. Bordallo thanked the leadership of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and Andersen AFB in making the securing of these funds possible. Following approval by the U.S. Senate, the legislation will sent to the President for signature and is expected to become law within the next few days. www.house.gov /bordallo/Press_Releases/0412030.html   (408 words)

Resultant Fury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Through real-time, all-weather technology, information is fed [constant Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance platforms to the Pacific Air Operations Center enabling command and control elements near real-time ability to track multiple moving sea targets and feed that information to airborne pilots allowing them to quickly engage and destroy the vessels. Resultant Fury 05 marks the first time Navy and Air Force aircraft, including B-52s out of Andersen AFB, Guam and B-1s out of Dyess AFB, Texas, will engage multiple moving maritime sea targets using J-Series weapons. Two B-52s forward deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam will be the central focus of this demonstration of maritime interdiction. www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/resultant-fury.htm   (595 words)

autosound.citydir.info - Andersen AFB Guam auto sound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Check out these other auto sound company Andersen AFB Guam pages: Andersen AFB Guam auto sound services on autosound.citydir.info Andersen AFB, Guam autosound.citydir.info About Us Need us in Andersen AFB? autosound.citydir.info /Guam/AndersenAFB/index.php3   (178 words)

collegebookstores.bycity.us - Andersen AFB Guam college book store company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) It is built in flash and html to make it move gracefully. Check out these other college book store company Andersen AFB Guam pages: Andersen AFB, Guam collegebookstores.bycity.us About Us Need us in Andersen AFB? collegebookstores.bycity.us /Guam/AndersenAFB/index.php3   (526 words)

Welcome to the Vehicle Ops Locator at VehicleOps.com Kevin: (Retired) Fairchild AFB, WA (93-96); Kunsan AB, ROK (92-93); March AFB, CA (86-92); Shemya AFB, AK (85-86); Eglin AFB, FL (82-85); Nellis AFB, NV (80-82); Taegu AB, ROK (78-80); McGuire AFB, NJ Briggs, Wesley: Elmendorf AFB, AK (99-Present); Osan AB, ROK (98-99); Andersen AFB, Guam (96-98); Whiteman AFB (93-96) Gomez, Fermin: Eielson AFB, AK (96-Present); Holloman AFB, NM (94-96); Shaw AFB, SC (91-94); Comiso AS, Italy (89-91); Kirtland AFB, NM (86-89); Andersen AFB, Guam (84-85); Lackland AFB, TX (81-84) AFB, AK (02-Present); Osan AB, ROK (01- 02); Langley AFB, VA (Aug 98-01); Osan AB, ROK (Aug 96-Jul 97); Fairchild AFB, (Oct 94-Aug 96); Sembach AFB, Germany (Aug 92-Sep 94) www.vehicleops.com   (7406 words)

Andersen AFB, GU, USA 7-Day Weather Forecast from The Old Farmer's Almanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Andersen AFB, GU, USA 7-Day Weather Forecast from The Old Farmer's Almanac You can personalize this page (and your home page) for your location to see your local forecast every time you load this page. Conditions in ANDERSEN AFB, as of 12:00 p.m. www.almanac.com /forecast/USGU0004   (90 words)

Fire Club Members Andersen AFB Guam (92-96), Peterson AFB CO (96-99), Fort Knox KY (99-03), Blue Grass Army Depot KY (03-...) Sheppard AFB TX (78-80), Randolph AFB TX (80), Lackland AFB TX (80-81), Castle AFB CA (81-83), RAF Chicksands UK (83-85), Mather AFB CA (85-86), Elizabeth USCG (86), King Khald AB (87-88), McClellan AFB CA (90-91 and 94-00), King Khalid Military City RSLFAC (91-94), Eielson AFB AK (01-03). Deputy Fire Chief [at] Lowry AFB CO (91-94), Fire Chief [at] Ocuma Rec Area Okinawa JP (90-91), Lowry AFB CO (85-90), Columbus AFB MS (83-85), Lajes Fld Azores (81-83), Peterson AFB CO (79-81), Charleston AFB SC (75-79). www.dodfire.com /Club/Members/b.htm   (2363 words)

Bitburg AB Thunderchiefs 1961-1966   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) The rest of the F-105Bs/Ds/Fs were immediately grounded after the Hamilton incident -- with one of the Thunderbird "B-models" stranded at McConnell AFB, Kansas, for two months after the California tragedy (it had already been en route to the Mobile Air Materiel Area at Brookley for tear-down and inspection). By December 1966, all the 36th's Thuds had been ferried Stateside for combat crew training duties at McConnell AFB, Kansas, or on to warfighting glory in SEA after stateside refurbishment. Close-by Spangdahlem AB was attached to the 36th TFW on 15 April 1969 (most of the 49th TFW had completed its move to Holloman AFB, New Mexico), and the 23rd TFS moved its flight operations to Spangdahlem. members.aol.com /thudeur2/bitburg.htm   (4986 words)

Holocaust survivor shares story of bravery at Andersen AFB ceremony Holocaust survivor shares story of bravery at Andersen AFB ceremony And through their efforts Yom Hashoah became a public event. At Andersen Air Force Base in Yigo today, a special ceremony of remembrance was held. www.kuam.com /news/13656.aspx   (535 words)

index Also, I know a lot of you are trying to hide out, so if your name is here and you don't want it here, let me know. I'm currently stationed at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. My previous assignments were: Clark AB, 84-88; George AFB, 88-89; Clark AB, 89-91; Wright Patterson AFB, 91-98; Andersen AFB, Guam, 98-00 I'll be retiring in Jan 2004!!!!!! www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/5951   (159 words)

FS2002 Andersen Air Force Base He has created a unique AFD file or rather two AFD files for Andersen AFB. The "back" half being Navy and the "front" half Air Force. Guam has it's roots firmly anchored in conflict and no more so evident than at Andersen AFB. www.planesimulation.com /anderson.htm   (174 words)

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