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Andersen Air Force Base (Andersen AFB, AAFB) (IATA: UAM, ICAO: PGUA, FAA LID: UAM) is a United States Air Force base located primarily within the village of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam. The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing (36 WG), assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Eleventh Air Force. As a non-flying wing, the 36 WG's ...
The group was redesignated the 633d Air Base Wing and was activated on 1 October 1989, when Pacific Air Forces took over Andersen Air Force Base, Guam from Strategic Air Command. The base replaced the 43d Combat Support Group, which was inactivated, although the 633d continued to support the 43d Bombardment Wing until it inactivated the ...
B-52H crash at Andersen Air Force Base. On 19 May, a B-52H (tail number 60-0047) assigned to the 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, from Minot, North Dakota, overran the end of the runway during an aborted takeoff, crashed and burned at Andersen AFB, Guam. During takeoff, the crew noticed birds flying over the runway.
B-52F, 1963–1968; B-52G, 1968–1989 441st Bombardment Squadron (a/c from 72d BS) Tenant SAC unit on ATC base. Inactivated in 1989; Mather AFB closed in 1991 per BRAC. 340th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Bergstrom AFB, Texas; Activated to replace: 4130th Strategic Wing B-52D, 1963–1966 486th Bombardment Squadron (a/c from 335 BS)
An airdrop in 1986. The operation was first conducted in 1951, [3] when the aircrew of a WB-29 aircraft assigned to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, formerly assigned to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, was flying a mission to the south of Guam over the Micronesian atoll of Kapingamarangi.
The 4th Reconnaissance Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 319th Operations Group and stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from which it operates RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned vehicles. It was activated there in July 2020.
October 9, 1979: Typhoon Tip produced heavy rainfall early in its lifetime while passing near Guam, including a total of 23.1 cm (9.1 in) at Andersen Air Force Base. [35] Gusts of 125 km/h (80 mph) were measured during October 9 at the Naval Base Guam, as the center of the storm was positioned 70 km (43 mi) south of Agana.
Was 2754th Air Force Base. Transferred to ARDC as 6540th Missile Test Wing. [96] 2758th Experimental Wing: Kirtland AFB, NM: AMC: c. 1948: c. 1949: Was 2758th Air Force Base. Transferred to SWC as 4901st Special Weapons Wing. [47] 2759th Experimental Wing: Edwards AFB, CA: AMC: c. 20 May 1949: 25 Jun 1951: Was 2759th Air Force Base. Replaced by ...