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	Andersen Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andersen Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.
		The base, located on the north end of the island approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the capital, Agana, is home to the Pacific Air Forces, 36th Wing.
		Andersen Air Force Base traces its roots back to the early days of World War II when a forest area at the northern end of Guam was turned into what was then known as North Field.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base (412 words)

	Andersen AFB
		Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam is located on the north end of Guam, approximately 15 miles from the capital, Agana.
		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.
		As operations diminished in Southeast Asia, HQ Eighth Air Force moved to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, and the 3d Air Division was reactivated at Andersen on 1 January 1975.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/andersen.htm (4571 words)

	Carswell Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The construction of an air force base on the east side of Tarrant Field was authorized after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Tarrant Field Airdrome was assigned to the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command in July 1942.
		The base was assigned to the newly formed Strategic Air Command in March 1946.
		B-52s from Carswell were constantly in the air and deployed to SAC Reflex bases in Europe, Asia, and North Africa during the Cold War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carswell_Air_Force_Base (942 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Anderson Air Force Base, Yigo, Guam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		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 (4305 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 Air Force Base is home to Pacific Air Forces’ 13th Air Force and the 36th Air Base Wing, Air Mobility Command’s 634th Air Mobility Support Squadron and several other tenant organizations.
		As part of an Air Force-wide initiated to preserve the heritage of the Air Force’s most-decorated units, the 633rd ABW inactivated Sept. 30, 1994, and was redesignated the 36th Air Base Wing.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Andersen_AFB.htm (1026 words)

	Andersen AFB: Growing to Meet its Mission
		ANDERSEN Air Force BASE, Guam - The eyes of U.S. military leaders are once again focused on Andersen to provide peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
		The Air Force wants Andersen to host squadrons of bombers, air refueling tankers and fighter/attack aircraft on a regular basis with the capability to ramp up if there is a threat in the Pacific.
		Andersen is at the tip of the “strategic triangle,” which includes bases in Alaska and Hawaii.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,85598,00.html?ESRC=airforcenews.RSS (667 words)

	Military Growth Anticipated in Guam, Civilian Leaders Learn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		Air Force Col. P.K. White, commander of the 36th Air Expeditionary Wing here, told participants in the secretary of defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference all signs point to major growth for the U.S. military in Guam.
		Air Force Col. Steve Wolborsky, vice commander of the 36th Air Expeditionary Wing, said the Air Force anticipates investing $1 billion to $2 billion into Andersen Air Force Base within the next five to 10 years.
	www.armedforces.net /Detailed/2322.html (895 words)

	News Release with Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Residents here felt the full force from one of nature’s most destructive forces Dec. 8 as Super Typhoon Pongsona released its fury.
		The typhoon’s eye passed over Andersen in the late afternoon and took more than two hours to completely pass before the full force of Pongsona, pronounced similar to bong-son-wa, ripped through the base.
		Among the buildings on base that experienced heavy damage were the hangars on the flightline.
	www2.hickam.af.mil /newsarchive/2002/2002282.htm (471 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Anderson Air Force Base, Yigo, Guam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Because of the Air Force's education efforts, access restrictions and monitoring programs at Andersen AFB, contact with UXO and the possibility of harm is remote.
		In evaluating past exposures to radon in on-base housing, ATSDR concluded that these exposures posed an indeterminate health hazard because of the lack of monitoring data prior to 1987 (definitions of categories are provided in the glossary in Appendix E).
		Discoveries of the CAIS kits in the northern portion of Guam should be reported to the Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit at (671) 366-5198 and discoveries in the southern portion of Guam should be reported to the Navy EOD at (671) 339-8156.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/anderson/and_p3.html (2998 words)

	Air Force Times - Guam base offers alternatives to alcohol
		A Navy helicopter unit and an Air Force mobility squadron, both base tenants unaffected by the ban, are voluntarily joining in.
		But in 2005, he said the base took legal action in seven cases of driving while intoxicated, both on base and off; three assault-and-battery incidents, one of which involved alcohol; and four sexual assaults, three of which involved alcohol.
		Officials at Naval Base Guam, home to more than 3,000 sailors and 16 ships and submarines, said the base is not involved in the Andersen ban and had no comment.
	www.airforcetimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1717453.php (583 words)

	Andersen AFB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		The 633rd Air Base Wing took over the base until the 36th Air Base Wing was activated on 30 September 1994.
	www.zianet.com /jpage/airforce/history/bases/a/andersen.html (146 words)

	Andersen South Air Force Base (AFB), Guam
		The land is considered excess to the Air Force.
		Andersen South can be used by operating forces visiting from Marine Corps installations throughout the mid and Western Pacific as well as by Marine Expeditionary Units deployed in the region.
		Between 1975 and 1995, 21 of the 27 U.S. ground force commitments were in urban areas or a mix of urban and rural areas.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/andersen-south.htm (518 words)

	Andersen Air Force base
		Recently I was hired by the Air Force to take 'beauty' pictures of the facility, and of members of the Air Force involved in projects to improve the quality of life on the base.
		I was at Andersen was working flightline the start of Linebacker II, 12 hour shifts lived in condemed Marine barracks NCS shuttled from there to the base by bus to work everyday, We then moved to tin city when compleated those were like ovens.
		Raised an Air Force brat, my father's TOD was on Anderson Air Force Base, and although I was in my young childhood, the memories and experiences from living in Guam are still so vivid; I close my eyes and experience the memories as if they happened just yesterday.
	www.mpwarner.com /in-depth/image-40741.html (5688 words)

	United States Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Andersen Air Force Base is home to 36th Wing and several other tenant organizations.
		The field was redesignated North Guam Air Force Base in 1947 –; the same year the Air Force became a separate service.
		In 2004 the 36th Air Base Wing became the 36th Air Expeditionary Wing.
	www.andersen.af.mil /36AEW/36pa/And_fact.htm (705 words)

	NPL Site Narrative for Andersen Air Force Base, NPL, Superfund, US EPA
		Conditions at Proposal (February 7, 1992): Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) is located in Yigo on the northern end of the island of Guam.
		The main base and annexes of AAFB occupy approximately 20,000 acres.
		This designation is based upon two criteria: 1) the aquifer supplies drinking water to 50 percent or more of the area's population and 2) if contaminated, the aquifer would present a significant risk to public health.
	www.epa.gov /superfund/sites/npl/nar1340.htm (448 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)

	Guam
		Andersen Air Force Base is in the north.
		Guam was captured by Japan in 1941, was retaken by U.S. forces in 1944, and became a major base for assaults on the Japanese mainland.
		During the Vietnam War in the 1960s Guam was an important base for air assaults, and the island's military installations remain strategically important to the United States.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0822005 (544 words)

	Barksdale Air Force Base, La (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The “Mighty Eighth” Air Force, of World War II fame, is headquartered at the base.
		Headquarters Second Air Force was inactivated Jan. 1, 1975, and Headquarters Eighth Air Force was installed on Barksdale after being located on Guam for five years in charge of strategic operations for the Vietnam War.
		In 1978 the Eighth Air Force Museum was established with the arrival of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the type the “Mighty Eighth” flew during World War II.
	www.barksdale.af.mil /2bw/barkinfo/barkhist.shtml (2345 words)

	WWII--AndersenAFB1
		Andersen AFB now encompasses most of nothern Guam, and it has enveloped both of the WWII Army Air Corps
		weeks later and was key in forcing the Japanese surrender.
		Due to the often stupefying lack of evidence, much of a conclusion is based on deductive reasoning and
	www.airdaleamericanhistory.com /WWII--AndersenAFB1.html (629 words)

	Andersen's flightline bustles with activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Three C-5 Galaxies from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and four C-17 Globemaster IIIs from McChord AFB, Wash., ferried humanitarian aid to India via Anderson AFB, Guam.
		One portion of the base's flightline was packed with C-17 Globemaster IIIs and C-5 Galaxy aircraft supporting the humanitarian airlift to India.
		The aircraft flew non-stop from Andersen to India being refueled in-flight by a KC-135 crew from Kadena Air Base, Japan.
	www2.hickam.af.mil /newsarchive/2001/2001022.htm (339 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		Military leaders have focused on Guam as a new regional hub for air and naval operations, with expansion projects at the Navy and Air Force bases and the move of thousands of Marines from Okinawa to Guam.
		It was based around Europe, South America and in the States before settling at Andersen in 1994 as the 36th Air Base Wing.
		An air base wing does not have an operational mission, according to the Air Force.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=35831 (506 words)

	CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT ROBERT C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The chief is the principal enlisted adviser to the senior Air Force officer in Korea in his roles as commander of the United States/Republic of Korea Air Component Command and commander of 7th Air Force on the health, welfare, morale, and mission readiness of more than 9,000 enlisted personnel.
		The chief’s areas of responsibility include two main bases and five collocated operating bases, as well as 19 geographically separated units throughout Korea.
		Air Force, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea
	www.osan.af.mil /PublicAffairs/bios/muthard.htm (690 words)

	ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE
		A working agreement between the Air Force, USEPA and Guam EPA called the Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) was signed by all parties in 1993.
		The Air Force is planning to use large cranes and appropriate earth moving equipment to physically remove those portions of the dumpsite that pose a health hazard in 2006.
		AAFB is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, a specially funded program established by the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify, investigate, and control the migration of hazardous contaminants at military and other DOD facilities.
	yosemite.epa.gov /r9/sfund/overview.nsf/ef81e03b0f6bcdb28825650f005dc4c1/6bc71c0f18cdd63c8825660b007ee639?OpenDocument (990 words)

	Air Force Link - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Parachutists from around the Air Force took a plunge Sept. 1 into local Lake Mead drop zone in support of Red Flag 06-2.
		BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- The same global positioning technology that helps fighter and bomber pilots deliver smart bombs with pinpoint accuracy now allows cargo bundles dropped from cargo planes to steer themselves to drop zones.
		DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFPN) -- An Air Force Smart Operations 21 team from the office of the secretary of the Air Force gained valuable insight into how to "Lean" a work process during a visit to Dover Air Force Base, Del., Aug. 21 to 25.
	www.af.mil (331 words)

	Hickam Air Force Base - A Great Resource of Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	www.everythingbase.com /hickamairforcebase (1778 words)

	Andersen Air Force base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Was stationed at AAFB 1978-1981 in Base Operations and have been back through twice since.
		I was stationed at the base from 7-1969 untill 11-70.
		Whwn I was stationed at the base, I had a hometown neighborhood friend that lived at Marbro,1969-1970, as an AP.I never seen him scense then.
	photo.guam.net /mitchellpwarner/image-1758.html (2835 words)

	Ellsworth Air Force Base - Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Terrance Lesko inspects the rotary launcher drive of a B-1B Lancer during his deployment here.
		ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN) -- Senior Airman James Underhill operates a "jammer" while lowering the weapons bay fuel tank of a B-1B Lancer during an inspection here.
		ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN) -- Mechanics lower the weapons bay fuel tank of a B-1B Lancer during an inspection here.
	www.ellsworth.af.mil /photos/index.asp?galleryID=1002 (891 words)

	Air Force Link - Photos
		About six months ago, the Air Force began requiring all Airmen qualifying for weapons training to shoot while wearing their gas masks.
		Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, along with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's reception control center and the 379th Expeditionary Mission Support Group's personnel support for contingency operations office, are responsible for processing servicemembers in and out of U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility.
		TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Chris Truoccolo (right) and Russell Keene discuss the safer test stand that Don Ngo (left) designed so aircraft parts could be pressure tested while technicians remain protected in case of explosions.
	www.af.mil /photos/index.asp?page=507 (1087 words)

	U.S. Air Force Bases, Guide All Directory
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